need to read multiple inputs.

[childofthehorn]

Okay, so I can get this to read the first line of a txt document. I just can't figure out how to get it to read the next lines. I have to use "user_input " in a function. The wait function just waits until the user hits enter. The text document has 11 lines of code. I know this is a total newb question, but I am baffled. The function gets called at the begining of the file.

int file_run(void){
	char buffer[255];
	ifstream command_input_file;
	command_input_file.open("p3test.txt", ios::in);
    command_input_file.getline(buffer, 255);
	if(command_input_file == NULL){ return 0;};
	strcpy(user_input,buffer);
	wait();
	return 0;

HERE IS A PART OF MY CODE -SMALL PART:

int parse_command_line(void)
{				if(COMMANDS_FROM_FILE == 1){
				file_run();}

				if(COMMANDS_FROM_FILE ==0){
				cout << "Enter the Commmand: \n";
                cin.getline(user_input,' ');
				}
				// deliminates spaces and uses to separate tokens
				character_string = strtok(user_input," ");
                //compares the length of the string to allowable amount of characters.
				if( (strlen(user_input)) >= MAX_CMD_LINE_LENGTH){
						cout << "Please Use " << MAX_CMD_LINE_LENGTH << " Characters or Less.\n";
						return 0;}
				//cout << "Your Tokens Are: \n \n";
				j = 0;
				//This continues to process each character in the string until it reaches the end.
                while(character_string != NULL)
                { //Analyzises each character in the string, one at a time.
                    //character[j] = character_string;
					strcpy(cStrings[j],character_string);
					//error case if there are more than the 10 allowable tokens.
					if(j > (MAX_TOKENS_ON_A_LINE)-1){
						cout << "Please Enter " << MAX_TOKENS_ON_A_LINE << " Tokens or Less.\n";
						 return 0;
					}
                    //cout << character[j] << endl;
                    j = j + 1;
                    character_string = strtok(NULL, " ");
				}  

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[horace1]

you could have two seperate functions, one which opens the file and another which reads lines of text, e.g.

#include <fstream.h>
#include<iomanip.h>
ifstream command_input_file;
void file_open()
{
	command_input_file.open("p3test.txt", ios::in);
	if(! command_input_file)
	  {
          cout << " error opeing file " << endl;
          exit(-1);
         }
}

int file_run(void){
	char buffer[255];
    command_input_file.getline(buffer, 255);
	if(command_input_file == NULL){ return 0;};
	strcpy(user_input,buffer);
	wait();
	return 1;  // return 1 for OK 0 for fail
}

you keep calling file_run() until it returns 0

[childofthehorn]

Thank You very much it was very helpful!

Doing this fixed it all:

	if(COMMANDS_FROM_FILE == 1){
					if(k == 1){ 
						file_open();
						k = k-1;
					}

				file_run();}

	if(COMMANDS_FROM_FILE ==0){
			cout << "Enter the Commmand: \n";

I had been staring at this for a couple hours yet.....