Reading Characters.

Ok, I have a saved file with the following information saved in binary format.

Mdog*Mcat*

My goal is to be able to read the file 1 char at a time,and when it reaches the '*' it puts a cout<<"\n"; in to make a new line. However, I am having trouble dealing with the primary code.
When I try to read the file, it comes out like this.

M2222
d2222
o2222
g2222
*2222
(I have it set to display 1 char at a time, then show the whole thing)

after, it displays...

*2222 (only the last char is read.

one thing to note is that to just get the basics running, the program will only read the first 5 characters.

I could use some help getting this thing to work.

Code:

clrscr();
	char ch ='\0';
	int length;
  char * buffer;
  char * character;

  //Users *newrec;
	int endloop=0; 
	ifstream readfile;
	readfile.open("Profiles.dat",ios::in |ios::binary);
	readfile.seekg (0, ios::end);
	  length = readfile.tellg();
	  readfile.seekg (0, ios::beg);
	  int k=0;
	  character =new char[length];
	  int b=0;
	do
	{

	 buffer[b] = new char;
	readfile.read (buffer,1);
	cout <<buffer <<k <<endl;
	k++;
	readfile.seekg (0,ios::cur);
	character[b]=buffer[b];
	b++;
	cout <<character[b]<<endl;
	getch();

	}while(k!=5);

	readfile.close();
	cout << "Load succesful";
	clrscr();
  //cout <<character[length] <<endl;
  cout.write (buffer,k);
	getch();

bump

Can you post:

1) representation of the data in the file you read from
2) representation of the data you want to output

Kuphryn

thanks, but don't worry about it, I decided that I would just have the program make a new file for every person, like a game's save function. That should cut down on the amount of binary file navigating I have to do

Okay. Cool.

Kuphryn