Reading from file

Can someone pleaseeee tel me how do I read names(5) from a file and store it into an array...

I've tried everything I know but I just can't do it...

It's only a couple line of codes but I can't seem to do it.

Can someone show me some codes as how it can be done.
I'm only a newbie so if u can try to keep it simple :)

Pleaseeeeeee help... I'vre been trying for awhile now and I'm still where I started from.

Once again pleaseeeeeeee help... It's greatly appreciated!!!!

Post what you've done so far. Also, give us an idea of the layout of the file you are trying to read.

It depends on how you wrote your names to your output file.
If you did it the easy way, you would do the following:

Code:

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//...
int x = 0;    //Used to navigate through the array.
int n = 10;  //Or how many layers in your array.
char myArray[10];    //A sample array.
ifstream.infile;
infile.open("data.dat");      //Or what you called your data file.
for(x = 0; x < n; x++) {
 infile.get(myArray[x]);    //Input to the array on the (x)th layer.
 infile.ignore(80,'\n');
}
//...

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I believe this code will work as is, if not, error check it. At least you will get the basics of how to do it. If not, ask for more help.

First, make a file in notepad called "textfile.txt" like this:

Paul
Bob
Joe
Mark
Larry

Then save it in the same directory as the following c program. Everything should work fine (except you should fix the formatting as I can't get the program to display with all the proper indentations into this message).

#include <iostream> /* Needed for output to screen and input from keyboard */
#include <fstream> /* Needed for input/output to/from files */

using namespace std; /* Tells the compiler that the program will be using names that have a defined meaning in the std namespace */

int main()
{
ifstream in_stream; /* Creates a 'stream' or a connection called "in_stream" that will take info in from a file */
char name[10]; /* Sets aside memory to accept a string 10 characters long */
int x=0; /* Makes variable used for counting the number of names */

in_stream.open("textfile.txt"); /* Creates a link to the file */

while (!in_stream.eof()) /* Keep repeating the following commands as long as you haven't reached the end of the file (eof) */
{
in_stream >> name; /* Take the first character in the file, and put it into the x-th element in the string called "names" */
x = x + 1; /* Increases the number of names it has found by one */
cout << "Name #" << x << " was " << name << "\n"; /* Spits out a name that you read in */
}

in_stream.close(); /* Closes the link to the file */

cout << "The file contained " << x << " names.\n"; /* Outputs how many names were in the file */

return 0; /* Return a value of zero to signal the program ran succesfully */
}

>>>x = x + 1; /* Increases the number of names it has found by one */

x++; or x += 1; would do the same thing and is easier to read/code :D