Originally Posted by AdRock

I'm trying to get each line of text of a file split into words and then put into an array

I found an exmaple oc cpluscplus.com and their example works but when i try to edit to make changes to read the line of text from a file i get an error on this line:

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char str[] = getline(filename, line);

char str[] = getline(filename, line);

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I need to be able to read in a line and spilt the words into an array so i can output them

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#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
	string GetFileName;
 
	cout << "System >> Enter file to read: \n";
 
	cout  << "User >> ";
	cin >> GetFileName;
 
	ifstream filename( GetFileName.c_str() );
 
	if(! filename )
	{
		cout << "Unable to open file: " << GetFileName << endl;
 
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
	else
	{
		while (getline(filename, line)) //Loop through lines
		{
			char str[] = getline(filename, line);
			char * pch;
 
			pch = strtok (str," ");
			while (pch != NULL)
			{
			printf ("%s\n",pch);
			pch = strtok (NULL, " ");
			}
		}	
		filename.close();
	}
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

#include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include <string> #include <stdio.h> using namespace std; int main() { string GetFileName; cout << "System >> Enter file to read: \n"; cout << "User >> "; cin >> GetFileName; ifstream filename( GetFileName.c_str() ); if(! filename ) { cout << "Unable to open file: " << GetFileName << endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; } else { while (getline(filename, line)) //Loop through lines { char str[] = getline(filename, line); char * pch; pch = strtok (str," "); while (pch != NULL) { printf ("%s\n",pch); pch = strtok (NULL, " "); } } filename.close(); } return EXIT_SUCCESS; }