Reading file word by word

[Golffor1]

Hello I have the following code:

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;
}

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

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

[Golffor1]

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

[Paul McKenzie]

Here is the getName function inside the header file

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

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?

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

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