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Reading in spaces and editing chars in getline?

tomtom61695 (29)
I can't read in spaces to the array. But when I switch to getline I don't know how to edit out the vowels. Please help!

Trying to figure out the problem in the compress_file function.

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  #include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

void get_input(string &input_filename);
void menu(int &choice);
void copy_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename);
void compress_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename);
void reverse_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename);


int main(){
    int choice;
    
    string input_filename, output_filename;
    
    get_input(input_filename);
    menu(choice);
    
    if(choice == 1){
        copy_file(input_filename, output_filename);
    }
    if(choice == 2){
        compress_file(input_filename, output_filename);
    }
    if(choice == 3){
        reverse_file(input_filename, output_filename);
    }
    
    return 0;
}
void get_input(string &input_filename){
    
    cout << "What is the name of the input file: ";
    cin >> input_filename;
    
}
void menu(int &choice){
    
    cout << "Would you like to:" << endl;
    cout << "1. Copy the input file." << endl;
    cout << "2. Compress the file." << endl;
    cout << "3. Reverse the file." << endl;
    cout << "4. Merge two files." << endl;
    cout << "5. Exit the program." << endl;
    cout << "Choice (1-5): ";
    cin >> choice;
    
}
void copy_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename){
    
    cout << "Enter the name you'd like the copied file to have: ";
    cin >> output_filename;
    
    ifstream input;
    input.open(input_filename.c_str());
    ofstream output;
    output.open(output_filename.c_str());
    

    string lines;
    while (!input.eof()){
        getline(input, lines);
        if (lines != ""){
            output << lines << endl;
            //if statement that ignores spaces
        }
    }
}
void compress_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename){
    
    cout << "Enter the name you'd like the compressed file to have: ";
    cin >> output_filename;
    
    char holding[10000];
    
    ifstream input;
    input.open(input_filename.c_str());
    ofstream output;
    output.open(output_filename.c_str());
    
    int i = 0;
    int x = 0;
    string space = " ";
    string lines;

    
    
    while (!input.eof()){
        input >> holding[i];
        i++;
    
        if (holding[x] == 'A' || holding[x] == 'a' ||holding[x] == 'E' ||
            holding[x] == 'e' || holding[x] == 'I' || holding[x] == 'i' ||
            holding[x] == 'O' || holding[x] == 'o' || holding[x] == 'U' ||
            holding[x] == 'u' || holding[x] == 'Y' || holding[x] == 'y'){
            x++;
        }
        if(holding[x] == ' '){
            output << space;
            x++;
        }
        else{
            output << holding[x];
            x++;
        }
    }
    
}
void reverse_file(string &input_filename, string &output_filename){
    cout << "Enter the name you'd like the reversed file to have: ";
    cin >> output_filename;
    
    char holding[10000];
    
    ifstream input;
    input.open(input_filename.c_str());
    ofstream output;
    output.open(output_filename.c_str());
    int i = 0;
    while (!input.eof()){
        input >> holding[i];
        i++;
    }
    
}
CS Student (33)
cin does not collect spaces. In fact, it reads whatever you entered up until the first thing, then potentially throws everything else away. Use either an array of characters (c-string) or a string object.
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