infile.getline(); not reading text file

[sparky]

Hello,
I am trying to read and display the contents of the following text file:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J K Rowlin and Mary GrandPré
0545010225
20.99

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
0307386864
7.95

Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
0553212583
4.95

using the following code snippet:

const int size = 50;
char Title[ size ];
char Author[ size ];
char ISBN[ size ];
float price;

// create a file object to read files
ifstream infile; 

// opens file
infile.open( "Books.txt" );

// get information from each line
infile.getline( Title, size );
infile.getline( Author, size );
infile.getline( ISBN, size );
infile >> price;

 // continue reading the file until the end
while ( !infile.fail())
{

// display   
cout << Title  << endl
     << Author << endl
     << ISBN   << endl
     << price  << endl << endl; 

// read another record
infile.getline( Title, size );
infile.getline( Author, size );
infile.getline( ISBN, size );
infile >> price;


}// end while

// close file
infile.close();

The problem is, the code is not reading the file and displaying the book info. Why? Any assistence will be greatly appreciated.

[jsmith]

One problem is that you're attempting to read the price (float) into an int, and this
should fail.

[sparky]

jsmith,
Thanks, changed it. Stilll cant figure out why this code is not working.

[sparky]

Ok, I got it to work:

# include <iostream>
# include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

const int size = 50;
char Title[ size ];
char Author[ size ];
char ISBN[ size ];
char price[ size ];
char line[ size ];


ofstream outfile;
outfile.open("myfilename.txt",ios::app);
outfile.close();

ifstream infile;
infile.open("myfilename.txt"); 
while ( infile ) 
{ 

   if (infile == false) 
   cout<<"Could not open the input file"<<endl;
   
   
   // read another record 
   infile.getline( Title, size ); 
   infile.getline( Author, size ); 
   infile.getline( ISBN, size ); 
   infile.getline( price, size ); 
   infile.getline( line, size );
   
   
      
   // display    
   cout << Title  << endl 
     << Author << endl 
     << ISBN   << endl 
     << price  << endl << endl; 

   


}// end while 

   
   infile.close();
   
   system ("pause");
}

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J K Rowlin and Mary GrandPré 0545010225 20.99

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 0307386864 7.95 ------------------------------------ Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte 0553212583 4.95 ------------------------------------