Thread: Text file

I've got a text file that I need to output to the screen. The text file contain's blank lines, which also need to be outputted to the screen. The code which i'm using at the mo is:

Code:

while(!File.eof())
{
  File.getline(Buffer,100)
  cout << Buffer;
}

File >> ws;
getchar();

Getline is just ignoring blank lines, and going onto the next bit of data.

Are you sure? Try a newline on your cout to be sure.

cout << Buffer << endl;

Tried a new line, still does the same. Debugger shows getline ignoring the any blank lines.

getline's default deliminating character is \n
instead try file.getline(Buffer, 100, EOF);
not sure if EOF can be used this way or not

/*file*/

8/8/2002

1 2 3 4

//reading file
char filename[] = //whatever;
ifstream fin(filename);
char ws;
char buffer[12];
int array[4];

while(!fin.eof())
{
fin.getline(buffer, 11);//ignore newline at end of first line
fin >> ws;//store second new line in ws
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
fin >> array[i];
}
}

or read entire file in one char at a time

char ch;
char buffer[50];
int i = 0;
while(fin.get(ch) && i < 50)
{
buffer[i++] = ch;
}