What is wrong with this piece of code?

[panther1]

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
string* readData(string []);
void displayMenu(string []);

int main()
{
	string *array=new string[11];
	
	
	
    displayMenu(readData(array));


	system("pause");
}
string* readData(string array[])
{
	ifstream read;
	read.open("a.txt");

	int i=0;
	
	string a;
	while(getline(read, a))
	{
        array[i]=a;
		i++;
	}

	read.close();





	return array;
}

void displayMenu(string array[])
{
	for(int i=0; i<11; i++)
	{
		cout<<array[i]<<endl;
	}

	

	
}

It gives an empty output, instead of printing the contents of file stored as a.txt, what exactly is the problem with this?

[Killordie]

It is working correctly for me. Are you sure youre textfile is in the right location? It should be in the same folder as your C++ project.

You should always check to see if the file you are trying to open exists or can be openend at all.
(see: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/fstream/ifstream/is_open/ for more detail)

string* readData(string array[])
{
    ifstream read;
    read.open("a.txt");
     if(!read.is_open())
        cout << "something went wrong!" << endl;
    else
    {
        int i=0;
        string a;
        while(getline(read, a))
        {
            array[i]=a;
            i++;
        }
        read.close();        
    }
    return array;
}

[panther1]

Silly Mistake! text file was named a.txt.txt
lol
Got it now!
Thanks!