Thread: Reading a file and loading it into an array?

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    Reading a file and loading it into an array?

    Say I make a database of Team names in a text file, each one is on a new line. How would I read this file, and load each into an element of an array of type string?

    I know how to open files, but I just don't know how to seek to the next line. I read the tutorial on this page but it just covers input of 1 string..

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    if names are without spaces use the >> operator. Otherwise use getline().

    char names[150][30] = {"\0"}; //array of 150 empty strings
    ifstream fin("myFile.txt");//if myFile.txt is in same folder as compiler
    int i = 0;

    //you now myFile.txt is not empty but it could have up to 150 names

    fin.getline(names[i++], 29);

    while(!fin.eof() && i < 150)
    {
    fin.getline(names[i++], 29)
    }

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    Thank you so much
    I pieced together a demo, using what you said, although I can't seem to catch when the last element was reached..
    for example

    if (names[i] != " " || names[i] != "\0")
    {
    cout << names[i];
    cout << "\t";
    }

    doesn't work.

    Although it still prints up to 150, with all the spaces and such, pushing everything that was printed off the screen.

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