File Reading!

[Salchester]

Hi Everyone,

I am currently trying to read information from a text file. the information being read is shown below. How can i load diffrent Name & house data from the file by pressing the 'n' key on the keyboard.

• Name
• House

What ammendments do i need to make to the following code?

Many Thanks

#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>

int main (void)
{
  char name[50];
  int house[2];
  char choice;

  do
  {
  choice = 1;
    cin >> choice;

    ifstream data (".\\records.txt");
    data >> name;
    data >> house;
    cout << name;
    cout << house;
    data >> name;
    data >> house;
    data.close();
  } while (choice == 'n');
  delay(5000);
  return 0;
}

[Valmont]

What do you exactly mean with:
"How can i load diffrent Name & house data from the file..."

And why is this an array?
int house[2];

[Salchester]

I want to load two pieces of information from a file. The aim is to load a diffrent name & house at one press of the 'n' key on the keyboard.

House is an array because it may store more than one character!

Many Thanks

[Valmont]

Oh come on I can't do anything with such an explanation. You want to load two pieces of info. What is that supposed to mean? And "House" does not store characters at all. It stores integers. Do you have the original assignment from your teacher? If so, post it so I can read it myself.

[Salchester]

As part of the functionality for a college assignment, I am trying to read two variables from a file. These being the following:

• Name - this will store the persons name
• House - this will store a house number

This is currently working, but i would like the user to load another name & house number that is stored within the file, upon pressing the ‘n’ key on their computer’s keyboard.

How can this be done?
See coding so far below.

Many Thanks

#include <iostream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <dos.h>

int main (void)
{
  char name[50];
  int house[2];
  char choice;

  do
  {
    choice = 1;
    cin >> choice;

    ifstream data (".\\records.txt");
    data >> name;
    data >> house;
    cout << name;
    cout << house;
    data >> name;
    data >> house;
    data.close();
  } while (choice == 'n');
  delay(5000);
  return 0;
}