Thread: Problem reading from file

I'm having trouble reading from a file with the following format:

Code:

John		51021400
Mary		51021411
Steve		51021406
Aaron		51021403
Kim		51021408

For some reason the getline functions do not work. Here's the full code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    string name;
    string *id;
    string *num;
    int i, n = 0;

    ifstream fin("phone.txt");

    //get number of lines
    if (fin.is_open()) {
        while (fin.good()) {
            getline(fin,name);
            n++; //line counter up
        }
    }

    else { //file access verification
        cout << "File access error.";
        return 0;
    }

    //create dynamic array
    id = new string[n];
    num = new string[n];

    fin.seekg(ios::beg); //reset file position

    //assign names and numbers in file
    for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
        getline(fin, id[i], '\t');
        cout << id[i];
        while (fin.get() == '\t');
        fin.unget();
        getline(fin, num[i]);
        cout << num[i];
    }

    fin.close();

    return 0;
}

EDIT: Got it! I just had to clear the buffer halfway.