Hi,

Please bear with me, I have very little experience with C++. I have an external .dat file with a defined format. e.g. lastname (cols 1-15), firstname (cols 16-30), mid_init (col 31) and scrnid (col 243)
I would like to read in this file and assign a variable for each item read in. I am currently utilizing .get and .getline. Can someone suggest a way to target col 243 after col 31? Thanks in advance.

cassie