Thread: Opening a webpage with C++

faq.

Code:

ifstream fin("myfile.txt");
char ch;
char * buffer [6];

for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
{
  fin >> ch;
}

getline(buffer, 5);

Something like that ought to get the job done. Basically, you read the first 5 characters in but do nothing with them; then read in the characters you really want. This approach will go to hell in a hurry, however, if characters aren't where you think they're supposed to be. Instead I suggest reading in data up to a delimiter.

Originally Posted by joshdick

Code:

ifstream fin("myfile.txt");
char ch;
char* buffer[6];

for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
{
  fin >> ch;
}

getline(buffer, 5);

Shouldn't that be:

Code:

ifstream fin("myfile.txt");
char ch;
char buffer[6];

for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
{
  fin >> ch;
}

fin.getline(buffer, 6);