what condition in the while loop?

i need the main body of this to execute, i figured a while loop but i have no idea what would go inside, i've never dealt with inputting files before. if i just run it without the while loop everything comes back as 0, obviously. i don't know what possible condition to use to make this run correctly.

Code:

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#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctype.h>

using namespace std;



bool myIsAlpha(char ch)
{
if((ch > 64 and ch < 91) or (ch > 96 and ch < 123))
return true;
else
return false;
}


bool myIsDigit( char ch )
{
if (ch > 47 and ch < 58)
return true;
else
return false;
}


bool myIsUpper( char ch )
{
if (ch < 64 and ch > 91)
return true;
else
return false;
}
bool myIsAlpha( char ch );
bool myIsDigit( char ch );
bool myIsUpper( char ch );
int countPunct = 0,
countAlpha = 0,
countUpper = 0,
countLower = 0,
countChar = 0,
countDigit = 0,
countSpace = 0,
countWhite = 0;
char ch;

int main()
{
ifstream inputFile;



inputFile.open( "input.txt" );
if( inputFile.fail() )
{
cout << "input.txt failed to open";
exit( -1 );
}

while ()
{
if(ispunct(ch))
{
countPunct++;
}

if(myIsAlpha(ch))
{
countAlpha++;
}

if (myIsDigit(ch))
{
countDigit++;
}
if (myIsUpper(ch))
{
countUpper++;
}
if (islower(ch))
{
countLower++;
}
if (isspace(ch))
{
countWhite++;
}
}


//Close the input file

inputFile.close();

cout<<"\n"<<countPunct<<"\n"<<countAlpha<<"\n"<<countDigit<<"\n"<<countUpper;
return 0;
}

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You might want to describe what you are trying to do, especially what is the purpose of that loop. In fact, while trying to come up with such an explanation, you might just stumble upon the answer yourself :)

By the way, it is good that you posted code in code tags, but please indent your code properly.

i think the usual in this case is while(!EOF) or similar i cant remember C, you are reading the file and want to count the varoius character types right?
sort out the indentation of your code so it is easier for everyone (and YOU) to read

ah yes, sorry. i am trying to count the various characters and spaces in this text file that is read by the program. i shall indent... bad habit of mine to leave everything on the left side.