Question

I have no clue whatsoever as to what would be doing this

#include "fstream"
#include "iostream"

using namespace std;

#define out(a) cout << #a << ": " << a << '\n'

void print(string s)
{
  cout << s << '\n';
}

 int main()
{
  ifstream readt1;
  readt1.open("test1.yaml");

  while(readt1.good())
  {
    char cc[128];
    readt1.get(cc,128);
    out(cc);
  }
readt1.close();
}

that code… outputs this:

cc: version: 0.14.1
cc: 

with test.yaml being this

version: 0.14.1
name: scrumbleship
author: dirkson
description: >
  A minecraft like game that allows you
  to build your own spaceship!

I’ve tried so many ways to get this to work, and it simply doesn’t

Answer 1

If you add a readt1.ignore(); after the get() it should work:

  while(readt1.good())
  {
    char cc[128];
    readt1.get(cc,128);
    readt1.ignore(); // <--- add this to ignore newline
    out(cc);
  }

This fixes the immediate problem, but using std::getline and std::string would be better C++. Something like:

while(std::getline(readt1, line)) {// Do stuff}