file getline c++ code example

Example 1: how to read a line from the console in c++

#include <string>
std::string str;
std::getline(std::cin, str);
// The output of std::getline(std::cin, str) will be stored in str.

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();