Reading file word by word

Hello I have the following code:

Code:

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int main()
{
  const int arraySize = 5;
  int indexOfArray = 0;
  Employee bookList[arraySize];
  int tempPrice;//temporary stores price
  string tempStr;//temporary stores author, title
  string name;
  int identificationNumber;
  string test;

    ifstream inFile ("master8.txt");
if (inFile.is_open())
{
      while (! inFile.eof() )
      {
          for(int x=0; x<1; x++)
          {
              bookList[x].getName = getline(inFile, tempStr, ' ');

              cout << "\n\nI " << x << endl;

          }

        }


inFile.close();
}
else cout << "ERROR";
return 0;
}

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So I have the code above that is supposed to store a name inside bookList[x].getName. I will then be taking whatever X is and writing it to an outfile. The problem is that right now the name can be anywhere from 1-20 characters. I will then be grabbing an ID #, and a bunch of other things and doing the exact same thing with it.

Right now my code does not compile.

Here is the getName function inside the header file

Code:

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string Employee::getName(string &name)
{
return name;
}

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If it matters each word can be any number of characters long. The name will have a first and a last name as well.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Golffor1

Here is the getName function inside the header file

Code:

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string Employee::getName(string &name)
{
    return name;
}

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So you are passing a name to this function, and returning the same name you're passing? What purpose does that serve, except to burn CPU cycles?

Code:

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class Employee
{
    std::string employee_name;
    public:
        std::string getName() const
        {
            return employee_name;
        }
};

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The code above makes much more sense than what you posted. The getName() function returns the employee name that is internal to the Employee class.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie