Using getline() with file input in C++

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I am trying to do a simple beginner's task in C++. I have a text file containing the line "John Smith 31". That's it. I want to read in this data using an ifstream variable. But I want to read the name "John Smith" into one string variable, and then the number "31" into a separate int variable.

I tried using the getline function, as follows:

ifstream inFile;
string name;
int age;

inFile.open("file.txt");

getline(inFile, name); 
inFile >> age; 

cout << name << endl;
cout << age << endl;  

inFile.close();

The problem with this is that it outputs the entire line "John Smith 31". Is there a way I can tell the getline function to stop after it has gotten the name and then kind of "restart" to retrieve the number? Without manipulating the input file, that is?

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4 Answers

you can use getline from a file using this code. this code will take a whole line from the file. and then you can use a while loop to go all lines while (ins);

 ifstream ins(filename);
string s;
std::getline (ins,s);
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