Thread: Trouble with linked list

*Edit* Ignore this portion, current issue is at post 5.



I'm attempting to extract info from a text file and load it into a linked list. The problem I'm running into is that I'm trying to only have 3 members for the struct, but when I try to read in the name, I'm having to split it up due to a white space in between.

The text file is formatted as such:

Last_name, First_name
ID_Number
Address

How do I get the program to read in "Doe, John" as name. I want it to store the information just like it's read, i.e. I don't want it to remove the white space, rather just continue reading until it reaches a new line.

I'll also have the same problem when it gets to address.

Also, when I get there, I'm going to want to be able to search within the linked list by a particular member, say, name. But I'm going to only want to search using either first_name or last_name. I assume there will be a way for me to just search through the member type, at which point I'll have to tell it to stop searching when it reaches ',' -- yes?

Here's what I've got so far:

Code:

struct node
{
     char name[30];
     char lastName[30];
     int ID;
     char address[50];
     node *next;
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    ifstream inFile ("A1.txt");
    
    node *root;
    root = new node;
    root->next = 0;
    
    inFile >> root->name;
    inFile >> root->lastName;
    inFile >> root->ID;
    inFile >> root->address;
    
    cout << root->name     << endl
         << root->lastName << endl
         << root->ID       << endl
         << root->address  << endl;


    
    inFile.close();