Trouble W/Getline Algorithm

Don't mind the functions you don't see declarations for, I've error checked everything. I just can't see why it seems to skip this one part. Where I use getline. Is there something wrong with this algorithm? I'm trying to get the variable to only be defined as that string when it's on the proper line. I do this by using getline and the file open properties. I'm using visual c++ 6.0. Anybody see something that I don't?

Code:

bool cortana::name_check()
{
	ifstream checkfile("profile.txt");
	checkfile >> file;
	checkfile.close();
	if(file!="")
	{
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		return false;
	}
}
void cortana::talk()
{
	string str;
	int linenumber=0;
	bool data=cortana::name_check();
	if(data==true)
	{
		ifstream getinfo("profile.txt");
		while(linenumber!=3)
		{
			getline(getinfo,str,'\n');
			if(linenumber==1)
			{
				botname=str;
			}
			if(linenumber==2)
			{
				name=str;
			}
			linenumber++;
		}
		getinfo.close();
	}
	if(data==false)
	{
		botname=cortana::find_names();
		name=cortana::find_player();
	}	
		system("cls");
		cout << "Hello, " << name << ". I am " << botname << "." << endl;
}

make sure ur compiler is fully patched up. There was a bug in getline() but it was fixed in a service pack.

Try std::getline() just to make sure the function is correct.

Kuphryn

I tried adding std, no difference and there's nothing i can do if there is an update because I downloaded this.

Try to use getline() twice ,i hope it would work as mentioned by Stoned_Coder there was a bug in getline() !

I don't know how to fix your problem but why not return 0 and 1 for true and false? Or are you just using it that way for clarity?

Don't know if this will solve your problem, but this is a patch to fix that getline function. RoD gave it to me a few days ago & it corrected a problem I was having.

Find this code in your <STRING > header file (the change is on line 165):

else if (_Tr::eq((_E)_C, _D))
{_Chg = true;
_I.rdbuf()->snextc();
break; }

change snextc() to sbumpc() as indicated below:

else if (_Tr::eq((_E)_C, _D))
{_Chg = true;
_I.rdbuf()->sbumpc();//**************changed snextc(); to sbumpc();
break; }

I fixed the problem, they were scanning the wrong lines. I changed the string file for the future. Thanks for everyone that helped.