text file won't show

I'm trying to get this to read a text file that I have and print it out on the screen, when I run it, it shows a blank screen. What am I missing?

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
        string line;
        ifstream openfile;
        openfile.open("Program.txt");
        if (openfile.is_open())
        {
                while (!openfile.eof())
                {
                        getline (openfile,line);
                        cout<<line<<endl;
                }
        openfile.close();
        }
        else cout << "unable to open file";
        cin.get();
}

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The program looks ok to me. Generally you don't want to use eof( ) to control your while loop, you'd use while (getline (openfile,line)) instead, but that shouldn't really be the problem here.

Are you sure the file exists and has text in it? Are you sure the correct file is being opened and not one in a different directory than you expected?

I have the text file in the same directory and name is correct. Can I specify a path to my desktop?

You can, but it is more difficult than its worth. Try using the full path to the file just to verify that the program is opening the correct one. The working directory used when running the program isn't always the same as the directory that the executable is in.

When putting the full path, make sure to change \ to / or \\. For example, openfile.open("C:\\Program.txt");

If the file doesn't open, shouldn't it tell me so?

Yes. My best guess is that you have another empty file in another directory (your project directory?) that it is opening instead.

Does your text file have more than one line? If you press enter when the blank console appears, does the program finish?

try: "Program.txt.txt" in the file name.

or check if showing file extentions are ticked there.

try changing your condition to this:

Code:

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  while ( getline (openfile,line) ){
    cout << line << endl;
  }

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