input file to objects member variables

[spodder]

suppose i have a file with info of

bodyname(string) bodyx(double) bodyy(double) bodyz(double)
bodyname(string) bodyx(double) bodyy(double) bodyz(double)
bodyname(string) bodyx(double) bodyy(double) bodyz(double)

(there is an unknown amount of whitespace (can be tab/space) between each different token)
and i have a body class that requires a string, double, double, double.

how would i fill an array of the body class's member variables with the input from the given file?

[kbw]

The tricky thing is having that string at the beginning like that. How can we determine where the string ends?

[spodder]

the string ends once white space is found. the strings are the token at the beginning of every new line. That will never change

[kbw]

What if the string has white space in it?

[spodder]

the strings will not have whitespace. users of the file identified spaces with an underscore.

[kbw]

That's ok then. This shows how you might read the file.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
        std::string s;
        double d1, d2;

        std::ifstream in("in.txt");
        while (in >> s >> d1 >> d2)
                std::cout << s << ':' << d1 << ':' << d2 << std::endl;
}