Thread: File content -> string?

Is there a way to get the contents of a file and place it into a string?
So far I have the following:

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <map>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    ifstream file;
    string word;
    int count;
    map<string, int> table;
    file.open("main.cpp");
    if(!file)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    word = "#include";

    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

I've tried setting word = file, doing a while(file>>word), and some other things (such as setting word = file.open(), file.count, and things that generally didn't work).
Is there a way to set the contents from that file into the string for manipulation?