.txt elements into an array

[noonmoon]

hi, I have a .txt file something like this:

comics
shona
91765
0
0
China
name
97245
0
0

how can I input the first five elements in .txt file into an array, then the next and so on?

array size = 5???
then allocate new array after 5th element for the next (5-10) .txt input ???

Thank you.

[patchesOhulihan]

this kind of what you mean?

for(int x=0; x<2;x++)
{
     for(int y=0;y<5;y++)
     {
           if(x==0)
           {
                infile>>array1[y];
           }
           if(x==1)
           {
                infile>>array2[y];
           }           
     }   

}
 

or are you talking about dynamically creating a new array every time a counter reaches five?

[noonmoon]

Thank you.

dynamically creating a new array every time counter reaches five.

like this?:
count first 5 elements put it into Book array
count next 5 elements put into (new?) Book array

Book is a object.

[noonmoon]

Any suggestions?

[Stewbond]

You could use a vector of strings to automatically dynamically allocate memory.

std::vector<std::string> word;
std::ifstream fin("input.txt");
while(fin.good())
{
    std::string temp;
    getline(cin,temp);
    word.push_back(temp);
}