C++ read text file into an array
arrays, c++, file-io
Solution
Your for loop terminating condition is wrong:
i < monsters->size()
This will actually call size() on the first string in your array, since that is located at the first index. (monsters is equivalent to monsters[0]) Since it's empty by default, it returns 0, and the loop will never even run.
Remember, C++ does not have a size() operator for arrays. You should instead use the constant 20 for your terminating condition.
i < 20
Problem
I'm trying to read a text file containing 20 names into an array of strings, and then print each string to the screen. ``` string monsters[20]; ifstream inData; inData.open("names.txt"); for (int i=0;i<monsters->size();i++){ inData >> monsters[i]; cout << monsters[i] << endl; }inData.close(); ``` However when I run this code the loop is executed but nothing is read into the array. Where have I gone wrong?