Need help with outputting data from a class

Hi I am stuck on how to output data that I got from a text file.

The text file looks like this:
1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8
5 9

6 10
7 11
8 12
9 13
10 14

Since I want to have an array of a class, in my main.cpp I have this:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include "Check.h"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
Check Checks[2];

cout << Checks[0].id[0] << Checks[0].num[0] << endl;
cout << Checks[1].id[0] << Checks[1].num[0] << endl;

return 0;
}

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And in my header file I have this:

Code:

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#ifndef CHECK
#define CHECK

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>

class Check
{
public:
int id[5];
int num[5];
Check();
void readCheck(ifstream&);
};

Check::Check( )
{
for ( int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
id[i] = 0;
num[i] = 0;
}
}

void Check::readCheck(ifstream&)
{
ifstream File;
File.open("data.txt");
Check Checks[4];

for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
{
File >> Checks[i].id[j]; >> Checks[i].num[j];
}
}
File.close();
}

#endif

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So with that, I want to see the results to be:
1 5
6 10
However I would just keep the output of
0 0
0 0

Please see what I did wrong. Thank you so much!

If you have code in your header file, you've already done it wrong.

And the main you have posted doesn't read anything, and only prints two numbers, so (a) there's no reason for you to think it would get numbers from the file and (b) wouldn't give you four zeroes, only two.

I'm supposed to have this in my class inside the header file:
void readCheck(ifstream&);

Where would I use that function? Inside my main or header?

You call the function whenever you want to do what that function does (i.e. read from a file).

Remember: there should be no code in a header file.

This is a demo of what my teacher gave me on classes:
main.cpp:

Code:

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#include "Demo.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
        DateType a, b(5,4,2010), c(32,-1,2023);
        cout<<"a: "<<a.getMonth()<<"/"<<a.getDay()<<"/"<<a.getYear()<<endl;
        cout<<"b: "<<b.getMonth()<<"/"<<b.getDay()<<"/"<<b.getYear()<<endl;
        cout<<"c: "<<c.getMonth()<<"/"<<c.getDay()<<"/"<<c.getYear()<<endl;
}

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Demo.h file:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

/*
  The starting form of the class from the text book
 
class DateType
{
public:
        void initialize(int newMonth, int newDay, int newYear);
        int getYear() const;
        int getMonth() const;
        int getDay() const;
private:
        int year;
        int month;
        int day;
};

*/

class DateType
{
public:
        DateType(int = 1, int = 1, int = 2000);        //constructor with values
        DateType(const DateType &);                                //copy constructor
        ~DateType();                                                        //destructor
        void initialize(int newMonth, int newDay, int newYear);
        int getYear() const;
        int getMonth() const;
        int getDay() const;
private:
        int year;
        int month;
        int day;
        static int count;
};

int DateType::count = 0;

DateType::DateType(int newM, int newD, int newY)
{
        initialize(newM, newD, newY);
        count++;
}
DateType::DateType(const DateType &original)
{
        year = original.year;
        month = original.month;
        day = original.day;
        //  or simply
        //    *this = original;
        //  for memberwise copy
        count++;
}
DateType::~DateType()
{
        cout << "destructor is running.  Count = " << --count << endl;
}
void DateType::initialize(int m, int d, int y)
{
        month = (m>=1 && m<=12)?m:1;
        // note that the following is an insufficient check on legal day
        day = (d>=1 && d<=31)?d:1;
        year = (y>1900 && y<2012)?y:2000;
}
int DateType::getYear() const
{
        return year;
}
int DateType::getMonth() const
{
        return month;
}
int DateType::getDay() const
{
        return day;
}

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Make it a method in the public area of your class. The implementation part shouldn't be too hard if you have had a class on reading files using ifstream.

Also, your implementation really shouldn't be in your header file (.h).