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[bigmoney221]

How do I read in a file, and then take a line from that file and split the line at a unique character?

[Thomas1965]

It's quite simple. You read the line with getline, then use std::string::find to find the delimiter and then either use use std::string::assign to get the parts before and after the delimiter. Here is a simple example:

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

  bool SplitString(const std::string& src, char sep, std::string& lhs, std::string& rhs)
  {
    if (src.size() < 3) // sep + min key + min value
      return false;
      
    std::string::size_type pos = src.find(sep);  
    if (pos == std::string::npos)
      return false;

    lhs.assign(src, 0, pos);
    rhs.assign(src, pos+1, std::string::npos);

    return true;
  }

int main()
{
  const char *filename = "filename.txt";

  std::ifstream src(filename);
  if (!src)
  {
    perror("File error: ");
    return -1;
  }
  std::string input, right, left;
  char delim = '=';
  std::getline(src, input);
  if (input.size() > 3)
  {
    if (SplitString(input, delim, left, right))
    {
      std::cout << left << '\t' << right;
    }
    else
    {
      std::cout << "No delimiter found.\n\n";
    }
  }
  return 0;
}