arrays and files

ok here is the code i got

Code:

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fin.open("map2.txt");
while(!fin.eof());
{
        fin >> szMap[x][y];
        cout<<szMap[x][y]<<endl;
}

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the problem is well alot of things i think... the file is initialised szMap[37][37]; and the length of the first and only line in map2.txt is 37 characters long and x and y are set to 0 for the time being... besides wondering how to fix the compile errors would this work? and how would i load say

xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx

into array szMap[][] from a file? because the example i have posted only loads one line (that im aware of)

thx for any and all help

add the line - x++;
at the end of your loop...

and from my understanding y should be zero

Code:

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  x  0  1  2  3      //x1 points (x1)y0...x2 points to x2(y0)...etc...
y
0      L  L  x  e
1      I  I    x  t
2      N  N  x  c
3      E  E  x  .
4      1  2  x  \0
5    \0  \0  \0

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> while(!fin.eof());
Why this is a "bad thing" is in the FAQ

anyone know of a good file i/o tutorial because so far i have just been copying parts of examples...