#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
     string document;
     string temp;
     ifstream infile;
 
     infile.open("file.txt");
 
 
     while (! infile.eof())
    {
          infile >> temp; // Put contents of infile (file.txt) into temp. Temp is here b/c it will be used later at some point....
          document += temp; // Put contents of temp into document.
     }
 
     cout << document << endl; // read document to varify string is correct
     for(int i=0; i<document.length(); i++) {
              if (document[i] = '<') { cout << endl << "'<' encountered" << endl; //Go to a function that takes care of the rest of the file. I will pass the string and 'i' to it. 
              }; 
              }
     infile.close();
system("pause");
return 0;
}

<name first>joe</name>
<name first>ann</name>
<name>bob builder</name>

<namefirst>joe</name><namefirst>ann</name><name>bobbuilder</name>
 
'<' encountered
'<' encountered
'<' encountered
some more of them in here.... as many of them as there are characters in the file. 
'<' encountered
'<' encountered
'<' encountered
Press any key to continue . . .

while (getline (infile, temp))
{ document += temp + '\n'; }

int index = 0;
string sentence = "My IQ is < than schfifty-five";
 
index = sentence.find('<');
 
cout << "The element position of < is located at sentence[" << index << "]";

string sentence = "More than a feeling.";
string sub;
 
sub = sentence.substr(6,4);
 
cout << "More " << sub << " a feeling.";

string sentence = "We should just be friends";
 
for(int i=0; i<sentence.size(); i++)
{
     //now you will never run out of bounds on your <string> class objects teehee
}