reading files line by line

[water]

Hey all,
i want to make a script that doesn't only open a file and write the content, but that can also write specific lines to variables

hello
this
is 
my 
script 

I want the script to read line 5
how do i do that?
How can i tell the script to read a specific line?

[Kyon]

Try clarifying your problem, you speak of writing a line but you want your script to "read" a line.

First of all, what should be passed to your "script"? (const char*, char* or std::string)
Second, what is your script in the first place?

For a full explanation of File I/O, check the following link:
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/

[Galik]

Reading lines:

http://programmingexamples.net/index.php?title=CPP/IO/ReadingLines

[Duthomhas]

I will usually just load the file into a deque <string>, and then mess with it.

std::istream& operator >> ( std::istream& ins, std::deque <std::string> & lines )
  {
  std::string line;
  while (std::getline( ins, line ))
    lines.push_back( line );
  return ins;
  }

deque <string> script;
ifstream f( ... );
f >> script;
f.close();

Good luck!