Skip lines in std::istream

Question

I\'m using std::getline() to read lines from an std::istream-derived class, how can I move forward a few lines?

Do I have to just read and discard them?

Answer 1

Yes use std::getline unless you know the location of the newlines.

If for some strange reason you happen to know the location of where the newlines appear then you can use ifstream::seekg first.

You can read in other ways such as ifstream::read but std::getline is probably the easiest and most clear solution.