Reading using getline

[bmccormack]

What i need to do is read in a line, take the first 4 to see if a class is being offered, then the rest of the line is the name of the course. The name varies in length and i am unsure of how to get it all.

const int F15 = 8, S16 = 4, F16 = 2, S17 = 1;
		std::ifstream inFile;
		std::string path = "C:\\Users\\Lord Brebo\\Desktop\\BCS-courses.txt";
		std::vector<string> course; //course ID
		std::vector<int> value; //value of semester EX:8,4,2,1 for f15,s16,f16,s17
		int codes[] = { F15,S16,F16,S17 };
		std::string a, b, c, d, e, BCS, num, title;
		std::string X = "X";
		int rcd, i, sum;
		inFile.open(path);

		if (!inFile)
		{
			cout << "file not found:" << path << endl;
			return -1;
		}

		i = 0;
		rcd = 0;
		getline(inFile, e);
		inFile >> a;
		while (inFile.getline)
		{
			sum = 0;
			inFile >> b >> c >> d >> BCS >> num >> title;
			BCS = num + " " + title;
			//course[i] = BCS;
			if (a == X)
			{
				sum += F15;
			}
			if (b == X)
			{
				sum += S16;
			}
			if (c == X)
			{
				sum += F16;
			}
			if (d == X)
			{
				sum += S17;
			}
			std::cout << sum << " " << BCS << std::endl;
			inFile >> a;
			++i;
			++rcd;
		}
		inFile.close();
		return 0;
	}

the file begins like this:

F15 S16 F16 S17 
 .   .   .   .   BCS 101 Programming Concepts and Problem Solving
 X   X   X   X   BCS 102 – Computer Concepts & App

[SamuelAdams]

one way might be to use string.erase
read the line
copy it to string1 and string2
erase what you don't want from each line.