Reading ´from textfile using getline

[Arn]

I just started to learn C++ and have some problem when I read a hole line from a textfile. I would be grateful if anyone can tell me what is wrong with my code.
I'm using Borland Developer Studio 2006.


//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// getFile
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Read from a textfile
// Input: nameList[] (string) , FILENAME (string)
// output: countName (int)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

int getFile(vector<string> &nameList,const string FILENAME)
{

int countName = 0;

fstream nameFile;

nameFile.open(FILENAME.c_str(), ios::in);

//Read line by line from file to nameList until EndOfFile

while (getline(nameFile,nameList[countName]))
{
countName++;
}

nameFile.close();



return countName;
}

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What happens when you run this code?

[Arn]

What happens when you run this code?

It runs to the line "while (getline(nameFile,nameList[countName])) ".
On this line nothing happens.

[Arn]

It runs to the line "while (getline(nameFile,nameList[countName])) ".
On this line nothing happens.

I just solved the problem, it seems that I coudn't get the line directly to my vector. I had to read to a string and after that puch_back to my vector.

Heres my new code. If anyone got another way to do it so please show it.

// getFile
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Read from a textfile
// Input: nameList[] (string) , FILENAME (string) , newcountName (int)
// output: newcountName (int)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

int getFile(vector<string>& nameList,const string FILENAME,int newcountName)
{

fstream nameFile;
nameFile.open(FILENAME.c_str(), ios::in);
string nameToGet;


while (getline(nameFile,nameToGet))
{
nameList.push_back(nameToGet);

newcountName++;

}

nameFile.close();

return newcountName;
}