C++ Not reading in values into array from text file

Question

I've been trying to read in values from a text file into 2 arrays, however I end up with nothing inside my names and scores arrays. Here's what I have:

const int size = 6;
int names[size] = { 0 };
int scores[size] = { 0 };
int name;
ifstream inputFile;
inputFile.open("input.txt"); //opens up textfile

inputFile >> name;
while (!inputFile.eof()){
    inputFile >> names[x] >> scores[x];
    cout << names[x] << scores[x];
    x++;
}

input.txt

6
Alice 50
Bob 100
Cathryn 75
Don 90
Emily 80
Flora 60
George 95

name is picking up a value of 6, but names and scores are picking up nothing. Any ideas about what's wrong?

Show us the declaration for your names and scores array. — David G
– David G, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 23:20
Try cout << inputFile instead and see if the file is actually being read. — user3835277
– user3835277, Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 23:21

user3835277 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-05 23:29:10Z

2

You're program doesn't work because you accidentally initialized names as an array type int, instead of type std::string. This breaks the whole line inputFile >> names[x] >> scores[x];.

Silly mistake. Just make a data structure of std::strings called names and put stuff in it.

answered Aug 5, 2014 at 23:29

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Andrew Over a year ago

I'm so out of it... Thanks gragas!

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