Text file input question

[Xilonian]

I have a text file im supposed to use for input. Each line looks like the following:

+ 23 34
- 16 8
% 50 32

I am supposed to take each line and perform the indicated action with the numbers. Currently my program reads the symbol into a character variable and calls a function that is supposed to do the operation with the numbers.

I am trying to read each number into an individual variable but when i do a cin with the text file the int variable reads both numbers as though they were a single one. I have commented the line that does this. (the 23 34 is stored in the int as 2334 as opposed to 23 which is what i want)

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void doAddition(ifstream &inFile);

char ch;
int num1=0, num2=0;

int main()
{       //open the text file
	ifstream inFile;
	inFile.open( "math.txt" );
	
        //error if the text file is not found
	if( inFile.fail() )
  	{
  		cout << "The math.txt input file failed to open";
  		exit(-1);
  	}

        //read the first character on the line
	inFile >> ch;
	
	
	//loop that enables the program to work with each line until the end of the file
	while ( inFile )
 	{  
                //switch statement to call each individual function based on the symbol
  		switch(ch)
		{
			case '+': doAddition(inFile); //call the addition function if the symbol is a + (other functions will be written later)
		}
	         

       }
   
   return 0;
}


//addition function that takes the text file as it's argument
void doAddition( ifstream &inFile )
{
        //this is supposed to read the first number on the line
	inFile>> num1;	//this line reads both numbers on the line instead of the single number i want it to.   
	cout<< num1;	
	
}

[Chervil]

Try changing line 49 to this:

    cout<< num1 << endl;

You should see that it is in fact reading each value separately, but the while loop at line 29 repeatedly calls the function doAddition() until an inFile error occurs.

[Xilonian]

that worked. Turns out the loop was doing it for me. Let me try to finish the function