Error reading in string from file

[kfriede]

For class I have a project where I am given a file and the first line is a number that indicates how many structures I will need to make to house the data, and then it starts with that many 3-part sections that I need to read into a structure. The form goes Title of Movie, Rating, and Profit. I.E.:
1
The Pirates of the Caribbean
8.3
382938.00

The problem I am having is when I try to read in the title of the movie, I output it right after I read it in to make sure it is reading correctly, but I am getting nothing. It reads in blank. The same goes for reading in the next two lines, they print out as 0.

Here is the code:

for (int count = 0; count < numberOfMovies; count++)
        {
            getline(inputFile, titleTemp);
            cout << titleTemp << endl; //Prints out as a space
            
            inputFile >> ratingTemp;
            cout << ratingTemp << endl; //Prints out '0'
            
            inputFile >> profitTemp;
            cout << profitTemp << endl; //Prints out '0'

            moviePointer[count].title = titleTemp;
            moviePointer[count].rating = ratingTemp;
            moviePointer[count].profit = profitTemp;
       }

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[cscho0415]

Where is the code wehre you open the filestream?

[kfriede]

Beforehand, not shown in the block I posted. It opens fine, because it reads the first line holding the number perfectly.

inputFile.open("/Users/kevin/Desktop/movies.txt");

[cscho0415]

Not sure, but this doesn't appear to be the proper way to read from a file, I would say that you should be using a buffer to read the data from the file instead of dumping your stream object into the cout stream.

[kfriede]

The way I was usually taught, for numbers for instance, is:

inputfile >> myVariable;

and if you put that in a loop it keeps going down the line reading them in. You could read it into an array as well, for example. That only works for numbers though.

[moorecm]

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/6046/

[kfriede]

Moorecm, You sir are a lifesaver. That was perfect, thanks!