In C++, is there a function in the fstream library (or any library) that allows me to read a line to a delimiter of '\n' without extracting?
I know the peek() function allows the program to 'peek' at the next character its reading in without extracting but I need a peek() like function that does that but for a whole line.
You can do this with a combination of getline
, tellg
and seekg
.
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <ios>
int main () {
std::fstream fs(__FILE__);
std::string line;
// Get current position
int len = fs.tellg();
// Read line
getline(fs, line);
// Print first line in file
std::cout << "First line: " << line << std::endl;
// Return to position before "Read line".
fs.seekg(len ,std::ios_base::beg);
// Print whole file
while (getline(fs ,line)) std::cout << line << std::endl;
}