writing array from external file

[sep11]

Hello!

I'm trying to write a 2d array from data in an external file. I was trying to use a function to get it load line by line, but it didn't work, becuase the array stops loading after the first line.

Here's the content of the file:

1 29 38 94 50 67
37 899 10 119 121 138
11 15 203 401 222 109
2 94 55 5 35 21


And here's my code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int getARRAY(int [][6], int, int);
void showARRAY(int [][6], int, int);

int main()
{
	const int ROWS = 4;
	const int COLUMNS = 6;
	int numbers[ROWS][COLUMNS];

	getARRAY(numbers, ROWS, COLUMNS);

	cout << "\n\n\tSee files in C:\\ExternalFiles for output.\n\n\n";
	showARRAY(numbers, ROWS, COLUMNS);

	system("Pause");
	return 0;
}

int getARRAY(int numbers[][6], int ROWS, int COLUMNS)
{
	fstream inputFile;
	ofstream outputFile;

	inputFile.open("C:\\ExternalFiles\\exfile2DARRAY.txt");
	if (inputFile.fail())
	{
		cerr << "\a\a**Error opening input file.\n";
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	for (int x = 0; x < ROWS; x++)
	{
		for (int y = 0; y < 6; y++)
		{
			inputFile >> numbers[x][y];
			cout << numbers[x][y] << " ";
		}
	}

	return numbers[4][6];
}

void showARRAY(int numbers[][6], int ROWS, int COLUMNS)
{
	ofstream outputFile;
	outputFile.open("C:\\ExternalFiles\\exfile2DARRAYout.txt");
	if (outputFile.fail())
	{
		cerr << "\a\a**Error opening output file.\n";
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}

	outputFile << "Content of this array:\n\n";


	for (int x = 0; x < ROWS; x++)
	{
		for (int y = 0; y < 6; y++)
		{
			outputFile << setw(4) << "[" << (x) << "][" << (y) << "]= ";
			outputFile << numbers[x][y];
		}

		outputFile.close();
	}
}

What am I doing wrong? Does anyone have a good tutorial for working with 2d arrays and external files?