Initialize Complex Structures From File Input
Learn to initialize complex structures from a file input.
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One strength of the input stream is its ability to parse different types of data from a text file and convert them to their corresponding fundamental types. Here's a simple technique for importing data into a container of structures using an input stream.
How to do it
In this recipe, we'll take a data file and import its disparate fields into a vector
of struct
objects. The data file represents cities with their populations and map coordinates:
This is
input.txt
, the data file we'll read:
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