From: "Tom" <thomasbd AT erols DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Pointers, chars, and strings...
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:10:31 -0500
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I am using a library which reads a line of a file and edits the text.  The
only problem is that the type of input it takes is a char with a pointer.
What I am trying to try do is open up a text file, and send that line in the
char * form.  I have tried the following:

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#include <fstream.h>
#include <iostream.h>

char s;
ifstream fin("file.txt");
while (fin.get(s))
cout << s;
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                                and
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#include <string.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <iostream.h>

string s;
ifstream inputfile("file.txt");
while (getline(inputfile, s) )
cout << s;
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One of these is a string and the other is a plain character.  I'm pretty new
at this and I don't understand pointers well.  If possible I would like to
be able to call each line by doing a s[int] with int being the line of the
file.  Thanks.  Any help is greatly appreciated.