Hi, Jerry Coffin!
 FM>    c=30;
 FM>    clrscr();
 FM>    gotoxy(c,10);
 FM>    textcolor(14);
 FM>    cputs("Would you like to practice a little ");
 JC> [ more similar stuff elided ]
 JC> While this works perfectly fine the way it is, you might consider
 JC> separating the data from the code.
Good idea. :)
 JC> /* file format */
 JC> num_entries
 JC> label, x, y, color
 JC> label, x, y, color  /* repeated a total of num_entries times */
 JC> stream.getline(label_, 256);    // discard leading junk.
 JC> stream.getline(label_, 256, ',');
I'd better use sizeof(label_) instead of the number. If you happen to change
the size you can do it in one and only place.
 JC> #include 
 JC> int main() {
 JC> ifstream input("menu.dat");
 JC> menu m;
 JC> m.read(input);
 JC> m.show();
 JC> return 0;
 JC> }
Just another idea for the final use. If one dislike a separate file with
menu, it can placed into a single string as is. (Well, adding some " and \n's
:)  Then in the processing session just make this string a strstream and use
the very same way as above.
Paul
... If it's not on fire, it's a software problem
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