?? retrieving data from a .txt file keeps coming back '0' in a class???

nscruggs (15)
so i'm making a class that needs to retrieve a data (in this case a name) from a text file and to stop after the comma after the name...since i will need to retrieve more data after it...anyways when i try and retrieve the data from the .txt file it keeps coming back as '0' any tips would be appreciated...do i need to put the full address of the .txt file or what? 

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//name.h

#ifndef NAME_H
#define NAME_H

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

class Name
{

    private:

        int blankString;
        int ROW;
        int array;
        char blank;
        int ar[];
        char bl[];


      /*char fName[15];
        char lName[15];
        char midInit[1];*/

    public:

        Name(){
        ROW = 1;
        blankString = 25;
        int array = ar[blankString];
        char blank = bl[blankString];
        }// end Name construct
        void getName();
        void printName();
};

#endif 

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//name.cpp

#include "name.h"

void Name::getName()
{

    ifstream infile("people.txt");
    stringstream ss;
 //   string fullName;

    infile.getline(bl, blankString);

    ss << bl;

    for(int col = 0; col != '  '; col++)
    {
        ss.getline(bl, 1, ',');
        ar[ROW] = atoi(bl);

    }

    ss << "";
    ss.clear();

    infile.close();

    /*
    strcpy(fName, f);
    strcpy(midInit, m);
    strcpy(lName, l);
    */
}
void Name::printName()
{
    cout << ar[ROW] << " ";
    cout << endl;

}


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//main.cpp

#include "address.h"
#include "date.h"
#include "name.h"
#include "gpa_ch.h"




using namespace std;

int main(){

    Name n;
    //n.getName("Nathan", "D", "Scruggs");
    n.printName();

    Address a;
    a.Address::getAddr("7839 Corey Court", "NONE", "Indianapolis", "IN", "46227");
    a.printAddr();

    Date d;
    d.Date::getDoB();
    d.Date::getDoG();
    d.printDate();

    gpa_ch g;
    g.getGPA();
    g.getCredit();
    g.print_gpa_ch();

    return 0;

}

the .txt file looks like this..."people.txt"

Nathan D Cruz, ----------------, 7839 Cary Court, Indianapolis, IN, 46213
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