converting string to int in C++

Question

I am trying to convert a string I read in from a file to an int value so I can store it in an integer variable. This is what my code looks like:

ifstream sin         


        

Answer 1

Rather than using std::getline(std::string&, std::istream&), why not just use the stream extraction operator on the file?

ifstream sin;
sin.open("movie_output.txt");
unsigned int year = 0;
sin >> year;
myMovie.setYear(year);