MultiLine I/O

How do I get multiple lines to be stored in my one string if I don't know how many lines there are? Here is my current code... but I know the != EOF part is wrong.

Code:

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        try {
        ifstream b_file(fileName.c_str());
        while(c != EOF) {
        getline(b_file, c, '\n');
        a += c;
        }
        if(a.compare("") == 0)
        { throw "That file does not exist.";}
        b_file.close();

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Help please?

Just use while( b_file ).

And give your 'try' an associated 'catch'.

Thanks X.

Zach - I have one later on, I didn't show all my code.

Sorry... I was having trouble counting the braces... again. :rolleyes:

No problem, that just means my indentation was off. Thanks for pointing that out. I've gotta get in the habit of easy-to-read code anyway.