question abt getline

**kashifk** · 09-18-2003

what does getline do in this case:

suppose i have a file of ppl who have borrowed cd's like this

bubba
2 //number of cd's
cd1
cd2
foo
0
anothername
1
cd3

what if i use code like this which goes in a loop

Code:

getline(infile, string nName);
getline(infile, string cdname);
getline(infile, int number)

what will happen when it reaches foo, who has no cd's under him or bubba who has just 2 cd taken???

**major_small** · 09-18-2003

that souldn't work at all, seeing as it's not how you setup your data file

i would do it like this (using the data file you provided):

Code:

...
while(!infile.eof()) //or something like that
{
   infile>>name>>number;
   for(number;number>0;number--)
   {
      infile>>cdname[i][];
      i++; //i is preset to 0
   }
}
...

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