Streaming in a file with spaces/blanks

hello all, I'm trying to input a file into an array, everything works, except for inputing spaces...I tried looking in the FAQ and around the web...but can't find much...here is what I have:

Code:

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void readInFileAndGetChars(string fileName, char text[], int& sum)
{
        //declaring variables
        int i;

        ifstream inStream;

        inStream.open(fileName.c_str()); //open user chosen file

        if ( inStream.fail() ) { //check if file opened right
                cout << "Input file opening for " << fileName << " failed.  Exiting...\n\n";
                exit(-1);
        }

        for ( i=0; i<MAX_SIZE; i++ ){ //input file into the array
                inStream >> text[i];
        }
       
        cout << endl << endl << fileName << " consists of " << MAX_SIZE << " characters. "
            << endl;
}

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text[] is a dynamic array of size MAX_SIZE or 500000,

any hints?

axon

getline();

Or you could open for binary and use std::istream::read( ).

[edit]
Yay! 500th post![/b]

but getline() will only read in the first line, correct? and if I have to read in the first half a million characters of very large files?

and I'm not sure what std::read() does, any further explanations?

axon

OK, I got it now...this is what I used:

Code:

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for( i=0; i<MAX_SIZE; i++ ){
          inStream.get( text[i]);
}

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thanks,

axon

Read will most likely be faster than using get, because it will grab a large chunk of the file instead of byte-by-byte.

Code:

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istream &read( char *buffer, streamsize num );

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Code:

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inStream.read( text, MAX_SIZE );

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