Drink machine simulator initializing from txt file issue

[dalizardking427]

I am trying to create a drink machine simulator that reads from a text file called "DrinkMachineInventory.txt" for the input.

The text file must contain the following information:
Coca-Cola,0.75,20
Root Beer,0.75,20
Sprite,0.75,20
Spring Water,0.80,20
Apple Juice,0.95,20

I will not post the whole program, instead I will just post the part relevant to my issue. Can someone help getting this program to read from the txt file and display the information? Here is what I have so far but it is not displaying correct data after compiling.

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

using namespace std;

const int MAX_DRINK = 5;

struct DrinkMachine
{
    string drinkName;
    double drinkPrice;
    int drinkQty;
};

void initializeMachine(DrinkMachine []);
int menu(DrinkMachine []);

int main ()
{
    cout << setprecision(2) << fixed;
    DrinkMachine drink[MAX_DRINK];
    initializeMachine(drink);
    menu(drink);
}

void initializeMachine(DrinkMachine drink[])
{
    ifstream inputFile;
    inputFile.open("DrinkMachineInventory.txt");
    
    for(int i = 0; i<MAX_DRINK; i++)
    {
        getline(inputFile, drink[i].drinkName, ',');
        inputFile.clear();
        inputFile.sync();
        
        inputFile >> drink[i].drinkPrice;
        inputFile.clear();
        inputFile.sync();
        
        inputFile >> drink[i].drinkQty;
        inputFile.clear();
        inputFile.sync();
    }
    inputFile.close();
}
  
    
int menu(DrinkMachine drink[])
{
    int choice;
    for(int i = 0; i < MAX_DRINK; i++)
    {
        cout << i+1 << ". " << setw(15) << left << drink[i].drinkName << "-   $" << drink[i].drinkPrice << "   -   "<< drink[i].drinkQty << endl;
    }
    cout << "6. Quit\n\n";
    cout << "Please enter your selection: ";
    cin >> choice;
    return choice;
}

[Need4Sleep]

in function initializeMachine you use getline once to read in the drink title, then you use the normal method to read in drinkprice. But the normal method reads until it encounters a whitespace, so it will read in "0.75,20" and etc. You'll need to use a different method.

[dalizardking427]

Right, thats where im getting stuck. Any ideas?

[Need4Sleep]

use the getline function again? using the same parameters. Should work as expected, tell me if you encounter some more problems.

[dalizardking427]

I tried that as well, i get a compiler error.

[Need4Sleep]

Whats the error?

[dalizardking427]

39 - no matching function for call to `getline(std::ifstream&, double&, char)'
43 - no matching function for call to `getline(std::ifstream&, int&, char)'

when modifying lines 39 to 45 to the following:

getline(inputFile, drink[i].drinkPrice, ',');
inputFile.clear();
inputFile.sync();

getline(inputFile, drink[i].drinkQty, ',');
inputFile.clear();
inputFile.sync();

[Need4Sleep]

weird, my guess is getline only reads in strings then. Another method you could use is to read the whole line into a string, then use a for loop to search through the string until a ',' is found and proceed to break off the current string into a separate string using substr();