enumerating strings

Somebody please help! i am trying to enumerate the input from a text file. i have been ripping my hair out with this. can it actually be done? the input file is a text file with about 15 lines of text and numbers. i then need to compare the inputs but thats later on. first i need the info out of the source file. Any suggestions comments would be of great help! thanks!

Take a look at std::getline() (a reference is at www.dinkumware.com )

Otherwise, an example of what is the input, and where you want to store,etc. would help.