how do i read(show output) from a file?

[maharris]

how do i show output on command prompt from a file? The type i want to show is a string.

[Moschops]

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/

Half way down.

[maharris]

i need it to start reading at a certain point, then read the rest of the file until it reaches xxx(do/while +fscanf)?

[Lynx876]

Moschops was on about the getline() function.

// reading a text file
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main () {
  string line;
  ifstream myfile ("example.txt");
  if (myfile.is_open())
  {
    while ( myfile.good() )
    {
      getline (myfile,line);
      cout << line << endl;
    }
    myfile.close();
  }

  else cout << "Unable to open file"; 

  return 0;
}

EDIT:
I noticed you edited your post. Do you know about getline()?

If so, have a look at the following find() function, for strings:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/find/

[maharris]

the find isn't exactly what i'm looking for. i have a reservation system and i need it to display all the bookings that are currently in the system. i would use the getline function as a seekg (i think that is the right way to go about setting a get pointer)

[Moschops]

Read in from file. If that's a booking, display it. Repeat until reach end of file. It's that simple.

Using seekg to skip back and forth through a text file as if it were a binary file is making things much harder for yourself.