Reading from a text file into an array

[mcoker611]

I am having trouble reading a last name , first name from a text file into a string array. When I compile the code, it is skipping the comma and saving each line as two separate names. How can I get it to include the comma in the name?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

// Function Prototypes
void selectionSort(string [], int);
void showArray(string [], int);
void showArraySorted(string [], int);

int main()
{
	const int SIZE = 43;
	int count = 0;
	string names[SIZE];
	cout << "Please enter the file name for the list of names: ";
	string fileName;
	getline(cin, fileName);
	
	

	ifstream inputFile;
	inputFile.open(fileName);


	if(!inputFile){
		cout << "ERROR opening file!" << endl;
		exit(1);
	}
	while(count < SIZE && inputFile >> names[count])
		count++;

	inputFile.close();

	showArray(names, SIZE);

	selectionSort(names, SIZE);
	showArraySorted(names, SIZE);


	return 0;
}
// Function Definitions

// shows sorted array 
void showArraySorted(string names[], int SIZE){
	cout << "The sorted names in the array are: " << endl;
	for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++){
		cout << names[i] << " ";
	    cout << endl;
		}
}

// sorts the contents of the array in ascnding order
void selectionSort(string names[], int SIZE){
	int startScan, minIndex;
	string minValue;

	for(startScan = 0; startScan < (SIZE - 1); startScan++){
		minIndex = startScan;
		minValue = names[startScan];
		for( int index = startScan + 1; index < SIZE; index++){
			if(names[index] < minValue){
				minValue = names[index];
				minIndex = index;
			}
		}
		names[minIndex] = names[startScan];
		names[startScan] = minValue;
	}
}


// Displays the contents of the array
void showArray(string names[], int SIZE){
	cout << "The list of names from the file: " << endl;

	for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++){
		cout << names[i] << " ";
    	cout << endl;
	}
	cout << endl;
}

[Nico]

In line 30, you are putting the next word from the file input stream in your array. This word ends at the first white space (directly after the comma). I think you get the full names in your array if you try to read the file line by line using getline.

while(count < SIZE)
{
        getline (inputFile,names[count]);
        count++;
}

There is a good example here : http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/

Also, since you are using "using namespace std;" you should reconsider the name of your counter variable, because now it can/will be confused with std::count (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/algorithm/count).

Kind regards, Nico

[mcoker611]

Thank you for your help! That seemed to do the trick. I knew it had to be something simple that I was overlooking.