reading from file using a function problem

[kahjun]

void Lines::load(string filename)
{
    string lines;

    ifstream inFile;
    inFile.open(filename.stx);
    if (!inFile)
    {
        cout<<"error";
    }
    while (!inFile.eof())
    {
        while(inFile.eof() != '/0')
        {
            getline(inFile,lines);
        }
    }

i have a function : load(string filename)
which performs the read file function the "string filename" is the name of the file i input thought "cin", but the function can't seem to be working properly in inFile.open(filename.stx).

any help would be appreciated

[monarch_dodra]

filename.c_str();

1- Function name is c_str, not stx
2- it is a function, not a member, so remember to add ().

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/c_str/

[kahjun]

thanks for reply monarch, the .stx is the extension of the file that i'm supposed to open...
i've included the .c_str() but still couldn't get it working :'(

[monarch_dodra]

Don't confuse the string object, and the character array.

filename is a string. filename.c_str() is a character array.

filename should already contain "youfilename.ext". If it doesnt contain that, than you can do this:

filename+=".stx";
ifstream inFile;
    inFile.open(filename.c_str());

[kahjun]

thanks alot monarch, you've been a great help =)

i've managed to read the whole file and print it out using

 cout<<lines;

now, but i still have a question.

Assuming my files have the words => "Hi how are you doing."
i have the 5 string variables:
string a,b,c,d,e;
i wanna input from the file Hi to a, how to b are to c and so on, how do i do so?

[monarch_dodra]

your file is a stream, so it works the same ways as cin and cout, so...

myFile >> a;
myFile >> b;
myFile >> c;
myFile >> d;
myFile >> e;
if ( !myFile ) {std::cout << "an error occured" << std::endl;}

[Lindley]

in >> a >> b >> c >> d >> e

Also, your eof-checking can be simplified:

while (getline(inFile,lines))
{
   ...
}