Question

void initializeVectorFromFile(vector<SInventory> & inven){

        ifstream initData("inventoryData.txt");

    if(!initData){

        cout << "File could not be accessed! Press any key to terminate program...";
        _getch();
        exit(1);

    }

    while(!initData.eof()){

        SInventory item;

        initData >> item.itemID;

        getline(initData,item.itemName);

        initData >> item.pOrdered
                 >> item.menufPrice
                 >> item.sellingPrice;
        item.pInStore = item.pOrdered;
        item.pSold = 0;

        inven.push_back(item);

        cout << item.itemID << endl;

    }

    cout << "File Read Success!" << endl;

    initData.close();
}

The .txt file I am reading from contain data structured in this order:

int
string
int double double

The output which is in the last line of the while-loop is repeated as the first itemID within the file. The initData stream does not read subsequent entries in the .txt file.

1111
1111
1111
1111
1111
...

Answer 1

Don’t use while (!initData.eof()) — ever. It’s pretty much a guaranteed bug.

I’d start with code to read a single SInventor item from the file:

std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &initData, SInventor &item) { 
    initData >> item.itemID;

    getline(initData,item.itemName);

    initData >> item.pOrdered
             >> item.menufPrice
             >> item.sellingPrice;
    item.pInStore = item.pOrdered;
    item.pSold = 0;    
    return initData;
}

With that in place, it’s probably easiest to just do without the rest of the function, and just initialize the vector directly:

std::ifstream infile("yourfile.txt");

std::vector<SInventor> inven((std::istream_iterator<SInventor>(infile)),
                              std::istream_iterator<SInventor>());

No loop, no mucked up test for EOF, etc., just a vector initialized from a pair of iterators.