C++ eof() problem - never returns true?

Question

So I\'m trying to read this file. Everything looks like it should work, but during runtime the program times out and stops working, and I have to close it. What is going on? I s

Answer 1

eof returns true after you tried to read something and the operation failed. So put it after getline.

EDIT: try this code:

vector petArray;
ifstream textFile2("pets.txt");

string temp;
int tmpNum = 0;

while (getline(textFile2, temp))
{
    if (temp == "Dogs") tmpNum = 0;
    else if (temp == "Cats") tmpNum = 1;
    else if (temp == "Iguanas") tmpNum = 2;
    else if (temp == "Pigs") tmpNum = 3;
    else
    {
        if (tmpNum == 0)
        {
            petArray.push_back(new Dog(temp));
            cout << "Dog " << temp << " added" << endl;
        }
        if (tmpNum == 1)
        {
            petArray.push_back(new Cat(temp));
            cout << "Cat " << temp << " added" << endl;
        }
        if (tmpNum == 2)
        {
            petArray.push_back(new Iguana(temp));
            cout << "Iguana " << temp << " added" << endl;
        }
        if (tmpNum == 3)
        {
            petArray.push_back(new Pig(temp));
            cout << "Pig " << temp << " added" << endl;
        }
    }
}