Thread: Skipping newline and space Characters In A File

I have an assignment that I`m working on that requires me to read characters from a file and input them into an array. The only problem that I`m having thus far is being able to skip over the '\n' and ' ' (space) characters. Can anyone please help me with this? The function in my program that is giving me trouble is as follows:

Code:

void insert(char A[])
{
	char nb;
	int r=0;
	infile.open("lab05.dat", ios::in);
	
	if(!infile)
	{
		cerr << "Can not find the file\n";
		exit(1);
	}
	
	while(!infile.eof())
	{	
			infile.get(nb);

				while(nb=='\n')
				{
					infile.ignore();
					infile.get(nb);
					A[r]=nb;
					cout << A[r];
					r++;
				}

				if(nb==' ')
				{
					infile.get(nb);
					A[r]=nb;
					cout << A[r];
					r++;
				}
					else
					{
						A[r]=nb;
						cout << A[r];
						r++;
					}
	}
}

Originally posted by Salem
> skip over the '\n' and ' ' (space) characters.
So say
if ( nb != '\n' && nb != ' ' )

But wouldn`t this boolean expression require that the character be both '\n' and ' ' at the same time, which shouldn`t happen??

Originally posted by Salem
say

nb = 'a'

( nb != '\n' && nb != ' ' )
nb != '\n' is true
nb != ' ' is also true
therefore the whole thing is true.

The whole thing will be false if you have EITHER a '\n' OR a ' '

Simple boolean logic

Sorry, had a brain fart. Probably too much beer already tonight! lol