Thread: Use fstream .get to get more then one char

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    Use fstream .get to get more then one char

    How can I use fstream .get to get more then one char?

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    Loop it.

    Or you could use the getline function.
    http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/iostrea...m/getline.html
    Or if you are using strings
    http://www.cppreference.com/cppstring/getline.html

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    Take a look at get()
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    I am using get but it is only leting me get one char at a time
    Code:
    while (fin.get(ch))
       {
         
          //Image file name   
          if (ch == 'F' )
          {
                 fin >> imageName;
                 
                 }
    It only lets me compare one char. what I would like to do is compare a string but not sure how to do that.

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    Use getline like Enahs said.

    You can also use fin >> like you did with imageName, just read into a string variable. It will read up until the next whitespace, whereas getline will read until the next newline.

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    I am using

    Code:
    string s;
       int flt;
         
       while (getline(fin , s))
       {
         
          //Image file name   
          if (s == "F" )
          {
                 fin >> imageName;
                 
                 }
           if (s == "I")
          {
    	 fin >> flt;
    	 ImRight = flt;
          }
    It wont get any data from the text file. Any one know why not?

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    What does the file data look like (especially the first few lines)?

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    fin.getline(fin , s);

    getline is a member, similarly to get.

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    ok well the file looks like this

    F AnimBall.bmp
    L 1
    I 93
    T 41
    O 125
    R 0
    G 255
    B 0
    # 14
    D 150
    W 900
    M 87

    until I can get more then one char.

    second if I use

    Code:
     while (fin.getline(fin , s))
    I get error
    no matching function for call to `std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::getline(std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, std::string&)'

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    Don't use fin.getline(fin, s). That is wrong (getline is a member if you are using with C style strings, but you are using C++ strings, so you had it correct).

    The problem is that getline reads in the entire line. But since F and AnimBall.bmp are on the same line, one call to getline reads them both.

    Use fin >> s to read into the string instead of getline.

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