Input file pointer manipulation

[prybrr04]

Hello All,

I wanted came here to get some advice on reading an input file where I will have to ignore some of the text. Here is the sample text file:

SIZE: 4 ROWS, 4 COLUMNS
SCORE: 0 0
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For now, I'm just trying to read the integers on the first and second line. The next step is reading the "-" into a 2-D array that I have declared, but I haven't gotten that far yet. (However, if anyone has any hints how to read this into a 2-D they are readily welcome!)

Here is my code for reading the input file: (just a snippet of code in my main function)

 if (myfile.is_open())
    {
       while (! myfile.eof() )
       {
 
         myfile.seekg (7);
         rows = myfile.tellg();
         cout << "The number of rows: " << rows << endl;
 
         myfile.seekg(15);
         columns = myfile.tellg();
         cout << "The number of columns: " << columns <<endl;
 
         myfile.seekg(31);
         PlayerA = myfile.tellg();
         cout << "Player A has a score of: " << PlayerA << endl;
 
         myfile.seekg(33);
         PlayerB = myfile.tellg();
         cout << "Player B has a score of: " <<PlayerB << endl;
 
         myfile.seekg(0, ios::end);
 

The problem is I get the pointer position, which is correct because tellg() returns the pointer position. How can read the value in the pointer position? Any suggestions are welcome. TIA!

[weaknessforcats]

(the class declaration)

You seekg to the value returned by tellg. Your next read will start there.