storing a map into 2d char array

[DrJones]

I am trying to store a map, which is read from the file "map.txt" into 2d char array.

The problem is though that i am for some reason keep too many spaces, or mess up everything due to the newline character.

the map.txt looks like this

10 09
     XXXXX
XXXXXX...X
X..J.....X
X..JXXX.XX
XXGJG.G.GX
 X.JX....X
 X.MXXXXXX
 X..X
 XXXX

10 and 09 defines the dimensions of the 2d char array, and the rest contains the character including whitespace which has to be stored within this char array.

The way i have stored it now is like this.

 ifstream inputFile;
    int boardSizeRow;
    int boardSizeCol;
    inputFile.open("map.txt");
    inputFile >> boardSizeCol;
    inputFile >> boardSizeRow;

    char **gameBoard = new char*[boardSizeCol];
    for(int i = 0; i < boardSizeCol; ++i) {
        gameBoard[i]= new char[boardSizeRow];
    }
    cout << "done" << endl;

    for (int col = 0; col < boardSizeCol; col++)
    {
        for (int row = 0; row < boardSizeRow; row++)
        {
            inputFile >>std::noskipws>> gameBoard[col][row];
         }
    }


    cout<< "done2" << endl;

    for (int col = 0; col < boardSizeCol; col++) //////////////TO TEST PRINT
    {
        for (int row = 0; row < boardSizeRow; row++)
        {
            cout << gameBoard[col][row];
        }
        cout << endl;
    }

Problem with this method is that when i output it, it doesn't look like the same as the one in the map.txt .