obtaining file line number

[ernesth]

hello,
i am using an ifstream to read in characters from a text file into an array, and i need it to stop when it reaches a specific sequence of characters -- this i have done -- but, how do i get the line number in the file where it has stopped?

thanks in advance,
ernesth

 

[Skatanic]

Keep a counter and increment it every time '\n' is read. But be careful not to use something that skips whitespace through or you will never know if a newline was read. My advice would be to do something like this:

int counter = 0;
char buffer[32];
while(cin.getline(buffer, 32, '\n') {
// PROCESS THE LINE AND LOOK FOR STUFF

counter++;
}

This way counter will know the line number.