Reading a user specificed line from a file

I am trying to write a function to read a specific line from a file and assign it to C++ String type.
I have opened the file using fopen and I do not know the length of the individual line of the file. Is there a library function that reads the whole line (line number specified by the user) using a delimiter? (say '\0' terminated strings)

Use the global getline function.

The first parameter is the stream.

The second parameter is the std::string object to store the line.

And while you're at it, take a look at the C++ Forum since you're actually on the C board.

Quzah.

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