Thread: searching a ifstream for a string

i have this code...but i'm not sure why it isn't working, when i pick a string to search for i alway sget a really high number like 15 - 30 even though there probobly isn't more than 1 or 2 cases where string exists in the file.

Code:

void searchstring(ifstream& in, string search)

{
  string word; 
  int count=0;
  while (!in.eof())
    {
      in >> word;
      if (word.find(search))
        count++;
    }
  cout << "# of Search String  "<<search<<"  : " << count << endl;
}

the file i'm searching has the word "Jill" in it twice and when i search for it i get back 29...
any ideas?

oh, that worked, thanks!

If "Jillian" is supposed to match "Jill" (and "JJill is supposed match "Jill") then using find is fine (with Rashakil Fol's suggested change). Otherwise you should just compare with == instead of find so that "Jill" only matches "Jill".