you could use sscanf

your probably overstepping the bounds of an array somewhere. Other than that its hard to say without seeing code. we are not psychics.

ok might be a bug. somethings trampling on your vector. Set a watch on the vectors first few elements and single step thru your code in a debugger. watch for the point where the trampling occurs and...

lol there is no bug dave. its a feature!

read this all should become clearer (http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=cplusplus&seqNum=205&rl=1)

i'll remind you of the func I was commenting on...

template<class T>
swapm(T &a,T &b)
{
a = a + b;
b = a - b;
a = a - b;
};

no it doesnt work you disregard any overflow errors. That to me makes it superflawed!

That was aimed at ancient dragon on his template swop two numbers function.The perils of replying before...

Smells like homework so post your best effort and we'll help ya fix it.