setting values using a txt file

in the following code how would i set a txt file up to where i can have say name = whatever in it and the program will find it and set it to the corresponding global value.

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

using namespace std;

string name, sex;
int age;

int main()
{
	ifstream inout("Example.txt");
	inout >> name;
	inout >> sex;
	inout >> age;
cout << name << " "<<sex <<" "<< age << endl;
system("pause");
}
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You should use getline function, it reads a whole line at a time so if you have in your .txt file something like "name = charles" you'll have to extract the name alone from the string, same thing with other lines.

Edit: Isn't this question suppose to be under "General C++" tab ?
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