I am trying to read data from a file in a loop. The file looks like this:
X Joe Scholtz 437-4798
A Tim Wade 768-7658
X Sara Jobs 326-7857
! Jaynce Bee 354-8678
(The X in front is for preferred or not preferred.)
I am getting the first and last name of the last person listed and their phone number, I can't figure out how to make it read the first line and then the second line, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Here is what I have:
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{ // Declare variables.
string name1, name2;
char preferred, dash;
double phone, phone2;
ifstream inputFile;
int number=0;
//Open text file.
inputFile.open("potentials.txt");
cout << "Reading data from the file." << endl << endl;
//Read all required information from the file.
for (number =0; inputFile; number++)
{
inputFile >> preferred;
inputFile >> name1;
inputFile >> name2;
inputFile >> phone;
inputFile >> dash;
inputFile >> phone2;
}
//Display name.
cout << "Name: " << name1 << " " << name2 << endl;
cout << "Phone Number: " << phone << dash << phone2 << endl << endl;
There is a lot more to the program, I just can't get the right names to read in from the file.
