simple file input

[michaelkrauklis]

I'm trying to do some text file input but I keep getting an error when I run my program. I set up a very simple program to see if it was something in the rest of my project that was screwing things up, but I get the same error:
The instruction "0x0040f13e" referenced memory at "0xcccccccc". The memory could not be "written".

When I debug it fails inside the iostream class. Here is the code. Very simple and straightforward:

// tmp.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

ifstream in(&quot;D:\\paradoxTest\\txt\\Employee.txt&quot;, ios::in );

if( !in ){
cout<<&quot;something's broken&quot;;
exit( 1 );
}

char *temp;

while(in>>temp){
cout<<temp<<endl;
}


return 0;
}
//**********************************

Now I know it's opening the file because if I change the file name it fails like it should. Has anyone else encountered this error? Is it specific to VC++? Because I've done file input in C++ before without any problems. And this is just a simple console application so I don't think there should be any visual component interfering... Any advice would be great. thanks MYenigmaSELF
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[michaelkrauklis]

ok, once again I've kind of answered my own question. the char* you pass to the getLine function or overloaded >> operator has to have a constant size(which also has to be big enough to hold the entire line). so:

char *temp;

should be:

char temp[ 100 ];

thanks anyway MYenigmaSELF
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