Differentiating Between Different Input Types

Hey there!
I have a slight problem with C++. I looked through the boards and tutorials here, but wasn't able to find a solution... so here goes..

I need to read in from a part of a file, which looks somewhat like this

1
A F3 10 F2 5 F4 6
B F1 15 F5 12 F6 9
C F1 10
2
D F1 10
E F1 10
F F1 10

where 1 is a representation of the first minute, and A, B, and C are customers in a queue. 2 is the next minute.

I've been trying to store the information in an array like this.

data[minute][customer][F*][number]

so for the first minute:

data[1]['A'][3][10]
data[1]['A'][2][5]
data[1]['A'][4][6]


however, I have been unable to find a method of reading in each minute individually, as I dont have a check condtion to figure out if the variable i'm reading in is an integer or a character.

now that thats over.... the question...

Is there any way to determine if input is an integer or character? or is there a more efficient way of storing these minutes?

Thanks in advance
Abhinay

This might help you determine if input is a number or not.

I agree with funkydude.

Just out of curiosity, what does the data for each customer represent?

thanx funkydude. I actually figured out another method. using the input.peek() function, and entering it into a temporary integer variable, when enteraing a character, it enters zero, while for a number, it is the number itself. As long as there isn't a zero minute, it should work. This however, leads to another problem.

When storing things in an array, I need an array as illustrated in my first post.

data[minute][customer][F*][number]

but the problem is apparent. I cant store characters and integers in the same array. Originally, i was intending to store the character as an ASCII integer, and then convert it later, but i'm not too sure about how to do this either :)

And btw... bennyandthejets, F1, F2 etc stand for different items, and the number next to them, the number of such items the customer wants to order :)

okie... i figured out the answer to my other question in faq's as well... thanx for the help!

My advice is to move to classes. What you're describing is best done with classes. Here's an example:

Code:

---

class Customer
{
public:
item *items;
char *id;
};

class Item
{
public:
char *name;
int quantity;
};

Customer custA;
custA.id="Joe Bloggs";
Item jItems[3];
custA.items=&jItems;

---

Catch my drift? I know it's a bad example, but you can't expect me to work out the complete structure for you. Basically, you have a structure for customers, and a structure for items.

thanx for the suggestion. I was planning to use classes, but was trying to get my input working first :)