issues counting names from text file

[kingkong200]

  while (!names.eof())
    {
      names >> thenames;
      if (!names.eof()) break;
      pplcounter++;

    }
}
else {
    names.close();
    cout << "Error" << endl;
    return 0;

However the output will = 0. When in fact it is suppose to be a counter of lines used if I understand correctly. The txt file could be.

Bob
Dylan
Jessica
Jerry

Therefore, it should output a 4, no? My guess it stops at the break statement maybe I'm overlooking something I dunno.

[vlad from moscow]

If not end of the file you exit the loop. So the function returns 0.

[ENIGMAx]

Look at this if (!names.eof()) break;

In the first iteration of the while-loop, it hits this if-statement and it's NOT at the end-of-file. That condition evaluates to true, so break is taken. Since it hasn't reached the pplcounter++ yet, it breaks out of the loop before incrementing your counter variable??

[kingkong200]

ah that makes so much sense that I can only laugh at myself thanks.