skip blank lines

[puzzlecracker]

I want to read lines and skip blank lines:

would this work considering the lines can contain tabs, spaces, etc.?
file.in:
------
line1

line2

line3
...

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv ){

read(argv[1]);
}

void read(char * filename){

infile in(filename);
string line;
while(getline(in, line)&&line!="")
//do something

in.close();

}

well just look at read..

thanks

[Dave Townsend]

"puzzlecracker" <ir*********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I want to read lines and skip blank lines:

would this work considering the lines can contain tabs, spaces, etc.?
file.in:
------
line1

line2

line3
..

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv ){

read(argv[1]);
}

void read(char * filename){

infile in(filename);
string line;
while(getline(in, line)&&line!="")
//do something

in.close();

}

well just look at read..

thanks

Your code doesnt' skip blank lines, just empty lines. You need something
like this
to scan the entire line to see that there's some non-whitespace..

if ( line.find_first_not_of(" \t\v\r\n") )
{
}

[Kai-Uwe Bux]

Dave Townsend wrote:

"puzzlecracker" <ir*********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...

I want to read lines and skip blank lines:

would this work considering the lines can contain tabs, spaces, etc.?
file.in:
------
line1

line2

line3
..

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv ){

read(argv[1]);
}

void read(char * filename){

infile in(filename);
string line;
while(getline(in, line)&&line!="")
//do something

in.close();

}

well just look at read..

thanks

Your code doesnt' skip blank lines, just empty lines.

[snip]

It does not skip empty lines either. It simply stops when it sees the first
blank line or the end of the file.
Best

Kai-Uwe Bux

[Jim Langston]

"puzzlecracker" <ir*********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...

I want to read lines and skip blank lines:

would this work considering the lines can contain tabs, spaces, etc.?
file.in:
------
line1

line2

line3
..

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv ){

read(argv[1]);
}

void read(char * filename){

infile in(filename);
string line;
while(getline(in, line)&&line!="")
//do something

First, I think you want:
while ( getline( in, line ) )
if ( line != "" )
// do something

so it'll continue to read even if it sees an empty line.

Read the other response, becuase if the line has a single space, it won't
work.