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	Replies: 2 - Last Post: Oct 25, 2016 10:41 AM Last Post By: Remy Lebeau (Te...

bruce varley

Posts: 19
Registered: 1/31/14

getline function with string argument

Posted: Oct 25, 2016 12:33 AM

I can make getline do a file read OK if the buffer is type char*, but not type string. ie:

{below code is skeleton, some nonrelevant aspects oimitted}

char* buf ; // this works
buf = new char [21] ;
ifstream ifs ;
...........
(void) ifs.getline (buf, 20) ;

using namespace std ; // This gives a compile error on the getline
string buf ;
buf.resize(21) ;
ifstream ifs ;
.........
(void) ifs.getline (buf, 20) ;

This isn't a stopper, I can simply do a type conversion, but would prefer ot keep with strings if possible. According to my C++ std library reference, a string arg should be OK, It works under MSVS2015.

Is there something I need to add to make this work under XE-5 builder? TIA

Andrew Law

Posts: 74
Registered: 11/6/02

Re: getline function with string argument

Correct

Posted: Oct 25, 2016 1:19 AM in response to: bruce varley

bruce varley wrote:
I can make getline do a file read OK if the buffer is type char*, but not type string. ie:

{below code is skeleton, some nonrelevant aspects oimitted}

char* buf ; // this works
buf = new char [21] ;
ifstream ifs ;
...........
(void) ifs.getline (buf, 20) ;

using namespace std ; // This gives a compile error on the getline
string buf ;
buf.resize(21) ;
ifstream ifs ;
.........
(void) ifs.getline (buf, 20) ;

This isn't a stopper, I can simply do a type conversion, but would prefer ot keep with strings if possible. According to my C++ std library reference, a string arg should be OK, It works under MSVS2015.

This works in our code base across 2010 <--> 10.1 inclusive - where the ifstream is passed as an argument to the call to std::getline, as opposed to your usage:

		std::ifstream infile(filename.c_str() );
 
		if (infile.is_open() )
		{
			while (infile.good() )
			{
				std::string line;
				std::getline(infile, line);
				// other stuff here
			}
			infile.close();
		}

Remy Lebeau (Te...

Posts: 9,447
Registered: 12/23/01

Re: getline function with string argument

Posted: Oct 25, 2016 10:41 AM in response to: bruce varley

bruce wrote:

I can make getline do a file read OK if the buffer is type char*,
but not type string.

std::ifstream does not have a getline() method that outputs a std::string.
You need to use the std::getline() function instead, eg:

std::string buf;
std::ifstream ifs;
...
std::getline(ifs, buf);

According to my C++ std library reference, a string arg should be OK

Then your reference is wrong, because passing a std::string to std::ifstream::getline()
is not OK:

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/basic_istream/getline
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string/getline

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/getline/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/getline/

It works under MSVS2015.

I seriously doubt that.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ykfk8bc0.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ah895zy.aspx

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB)

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