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How to read a c++ line with strings and variable numbers of elements

I have a line of console input that can contain both strings and integers, but I don't know how many. I do know whether the variable arguments will be strings or numbers. A typical line is:

Jesse 18 50 48 97 76 34 98

The format is a string followed by a specific integer followed by a variable number of integers. Another format could be:

Jesse 18 this line contains strings of varying number

This format is a string, followed by a specific integer, followed by a variable number of strings. I know I can do this (assuming I have no more than 100 integers]:

string name;
int age, values[100];
cin >> name >> age;

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But how do I read in the rest of the array since I don't know how many integers are there? I tried a while loop checking for EOF, but it picked up nothing. What's the right way to do this?

evilrix

You are always better off reading in the whole line (using getline into a std::string) and then parsing out the line. Trying to read a line peace-mill will always be problematic. You can use a std::vector<int> to store your int values as you parse them out.

ugeb

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I don't know what "peace-mill" means, but the issue would still be how do I get the array out of the line? I'm not worried about vector vs. array, just getting the values from the string (whether console input or a string in memory) into the array.

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