Question

im trying to count the characters inside a text file in c++, this is what i have so far, for some reason im getting 4. even thou i have 123456 characters in it. if i increase or decrease the characters i still get 4, please help and thanks in advance

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

const char FileName[] = "text.txt";

int main () 
{
string line;
ifstream inMyStream (FileName); 
int c;

if (inMyStream.is_open()) 
{

     while(  getline (inMyStream, line)){

             cout<<line<<endl;
              c++;
  }
    }
    inMyStream.close(); 

system("pause");
   return 0;
}

Answer 1

You’re counting the lines.
You should count the characters. change it to:

while( getline ( inMyStream, line ) )
{
    cout << line << endl;
    c += line.length();
}