// Bob Myers // // sample of using file input. // Try this out on the file "testinput" // Notice the order of items in the file, and compare that with the // order of reads using the ifstream object called in1 #include #include // for setw #include // for ifstream, ofstream using namespace std; int main() { char filename[25]; // initialize a string for filename int numList[20]; char name[30]; double x; char word1[15]; char word2[15]; char word3[15]; ifstream in1; // initialize a file input do { in1.clear(); cout << "Please enter the name of the input file.\n"; cout << "Filename: "; cin >> setw(25) >> filename; in1.open(filename); if (!in1) { cout << "That is not a valid file. Try again!\n"; } } while (!in1); // get some input in1 >> x; // first reads a double in1.get(); // eats up the newline in1.getline(name, 30); // then a string (up to '\n') for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) // then a list of integers in1 >> numList[i]; in1 >> word1; in1 >> word2; in1 >> word3; // then three words in1.close(); // output to screen the stuff that we read from the file cout << "\nThe name was " << name << endl; cout << "The decimal was " << x << endl; cout << "Here is every other number from the integer list:\n"; for (int i = 0; i < 20; i+=2) cout << numList[i] << ' '; cout << "\nHere are the three words:\n"; cout << '\t' << word1 << "\n\t" << word2 << "\n\t" << word3; cout << "\n\nInput sample complete\n"; }