reading saved file

ok i am making a game and i wont to save it. like with file inout and output so when the program ends it will be able to use the data.
so what i was thinking hay lets have it make a .txt file and have it save the numbers ther.
but how do i get is to read specific lines of the file and output only that here is a kind of example of what i wanna do:
the file says this:

Code:

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50
30
60
hello

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ok that was me example text file now how would i get it to output from that file somehting like this:

Code:

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30

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or

Code:

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hello

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like that with just and output of one line.
for the numbers i wont to be able to store and assign them.
ps thanx in advance for however can help me.

1) attempt to open the file. if file does not exist, handle the error.

2) ok.. file exists. read in the entire file, loading each word into a vector of strings. (if you know for certain your file will be a fixed number of words, feel free to use a static array of strings instead of vector)

3) your file is now in an easily accessable data structure. access your vector just like you would a normal array.




The two most popular methods for reading from a file: use getline( ) in a loop to read in an entire line from the file at a time. -or- use (ifstreamObject >> stringObject) in a loop to read in a single word at a time from the file.


Here is a tutorial on how to use the fstream library for file i/o. Might not be easy to follow for a beginner. Google for basic c++ file i/o if necessary.

Here is an example program using <fstream> and <vector> constructs.. and the getline( ) function. focus on how the files are opened and loaded into the program.

Here is a program that will read in from a file word at a time.


Testing to see if file exists is more important for a read operation than a 'write' operation. If the file does not exist for a write operation, fstream will simply create the file, then write to the file. However, if you are trying to read from a file that does not exist, your program will come to a grinding halt unless you properly handle the error (perhaps prompting the user to re-enter the file name.. or even ask to create a new file.. or whatever, just handle the error)