c++ fstream getline code example

Example 1: get line C++

// extract to string
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main ()
{
  std::string name;

  std::cout << "Please, enter your full name: ";
  std::getline (std::cin,name);
  std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!\n";

  return 0;
}

Example 2: getline of file C++

ifstream inFile;
string name;
int age;

inFile.open("file.txt");

getline(inFile, name); 
inFile >> age; 

cout << name << endl;
cout << age << endl;  

inFile.close();