C++ - Read from file to double [closed]

Answer 1

Since your textfile is whitespace delimited, you can use that to your advantage by utilizing std::istream objects who skip whitespace by default (in this case, std::fstream):

#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::ifstream ifile("example.txt", std::ios::in);
    std::vector<double> scores;

    //check to see that the file was opened correctly:
    if (!ifile.is_open()) {
        std::cerr << "There was a problem opening the input file!\n";
        exit(1);//exit or do additional error checking
    }

    double num = 0.0;
    //keep storing values from the text file so long as data exists:
    while (ifile >> num) {
        scores.push_back(num);
    }

    //verify that the scores were stored correctly:
    for (int i = 0; i < scores.size(); ++i) {
        std::cout << scores[i] << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Note:

It is highly recommended to use vectors in lieu of dynamic arrays where possible for a myriad number of reasons as discussed here:

When to use vectors and when to use arrays in C++?

Answer 2

Try this:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

int main() 
{
    std::ifstream fin("num.txt");
    double d;
    fin >> d;
    std::cout << d << std::endl;
}

Does that do what you want?