RS>        Hi, I got a problem I been working on. I'm a beginner at C++ 
RS>  programming. What I need help with is how to read a text file line by 
RS>  line with a program. I can get my program to open a file stream and 
RS>  it reads the first line then exits.  Could someone please point me into
RS>  the right direction :)
    I'm assuming your using the iostream.h package.
    I'm assuming your using the ifstream class.
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    const BUFF_SIZE = 256;
    char buffer[BUFF_SIZE];
    ifstream infile("file.txt"); // opens the file "file.txt"
    while (!infile.eof()) {      // loop while not the end of the file
      infile.getline(buffer, BUFF_SIZE); // allow upto 256 chars per line
    }
    infile.close();
    // in this example .eof is an inherited method from "ios" and
    // getline is inherited from "istream"
    // getline has an optional parameter which specifies the text
    // end of line delimiter (\n by default)     
    // gcount() can tell you how many characters where read
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