C++ : How to skip first whitespace while using getline() with ifstream object to read a line from a file?

Question

I have a file named \"items.dat\" with following contents in the order itemID, itemPrice and itemName.

item0001 500.00 item1 name1 with spaces
item0002 500.         


        

Answer 1

The std::ws IO manipulator can be used to discard leading whitespace.

A compact way to use it is:

getline(fileRead >> std::ws, tmpItem[i].name);

This discards any whitespace from the ifstream before it's passed to getline.