.dat file!

[M159LE]

Hi! I know I had this question before but somehow my program doesn't work! I have this .dat file called VotersRoll.dat with the following data:

19810102009 1 0
19792003008 2 0
19851010890 3 1
19900909897 2 0
19561812567 6 0
19682703345 7 1

All I want is to get the data separately like for output:

Voter's ID: 19810102009
Column 1: 1
Column 2: 0

etc.

I have to ask the user for his/her ID and then need to check if it's in the list of the .dat file.

This is all I have so far:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    ifstream in_stream("VotersRoll.dat");

    if (!in_stream)
    {
        cout << "Could not open file" << endl;
        return 1;
    }

    int fileID, fileF1, fileF2;

    in_stream >> fileID >> fileF1 >> fileF2;
    cout << "Voter's ID: " << fileID << endl;
    cout << "Column 1: " << fileF1 << endl;
    cout << "Column 2: " << fileF2 << endl;

    in_stream.close();

    return 0;
}

It runs but it gives me this output...

Voter's ID: 4273494
Column 1: 2293592
Column 2: 4273392

Please help!

[Aceix]

What about the getline(); function?

Aceix.

[ne555]

Your ID may be to big to be hold in an int
use `std::string' instead

[Zaita]

@ne555 is right, but I wouldn't use a string I'd probably use uint32_t or uint64_t

[M159LE]

I am very new with this, I don't know what

uint32_t or uint64_t

is...
And if I use a std::string, where does it go in the program?

:)

[Zaita]

Google them then.

[booradley60]

Are you ever going to do math on the voter's ID? Probably not. Use a string.

http://cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/operator%3E%3E/

It will pull characters until it encounters whitespace, so your operator >> chaining should work.