istream::getline()

I'm going by a fairly old book here (I'm not particulary bothered, it's a great book), so that might be my problem, but does istream::getline() still exist? My compiler gives me an error when I tell it:

Code:

const int bsz = 30;
char* buf[bsz];
ifstream("test.txt");
initin.getline(buf, bsz);

"Could not find match for istream::getline(char * *, const int) in function main(int, char * *)"

Any help?
EDIT I think this may be because all my calls to getline() are inside while(strstr(etc.)) which the compiler is also telling me are erronous. Exact code:

Code:

const int bsz = 30;
char* buf[bsz];  //hold curr line
while(!strstr(buf,"<style"))
  initin.getline(buf, bsz);

initin being: ifstream initin(argv[1]);
Giving: "Could not find a match for 'strstr(char * *, const int)' in function main(int, char * *)".

Doesn't getline take a char* argument, not a char**? If you want buf to be a simple C style string, declare it as:

char buf[bsz];

Notice I removed the *. If you do that getline should work. If you really did want an array of strings, then you have more work to do (like using new allocate memory for each string).

Thats because you have created a pointer to an array of chars. You need a pointer which points to a char, ie. char *Buf;
If you change your code to char buf[bsz], that should work.

sorry jlou - at the time i wrote the reply no one had written a response.

I use this function in the following manner:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
   ifstream file;
   file.open("myfile");
   string buffer;
   getline( file , buffer );
   cout << buffer << endl;
   return 0;
}

Compiled in Dev CPP. Just switching the parameters!
Hope that helped!