Changing size value for an array c++ - c++

Question

Making a program that reads integers from a file and creates an array, I have that part completed however I am trying to figure out how to change the SIZE value depending on how many ints are in the file. This file has 15 integers but another file may have more and this array will not take in all the ints.
using namespace std;
const int SIZE = 15;
int intArray[SIZE];
void readData(istream& inFile) {
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++){
inFile >> intArray[i];
cout << intArray[i] << " ";
}
}
int main() {
ifstream inFile;
string inFileName = "intValues.txt";
inFile.open(inFileName.c_str());
int value, count = 0;
while(inFile >> value){
count += 1;
}
cout << count;
readData(inFile);
return 0;
}
As you can see I have a while loop counting the number of ints in the file however when I assign that to the size value I was running into many different issues.

Answer 1

A fixed-sized array simply cannot be resized, period. If you need an array whose size can change at runtime, use std::vector instead.
More importantly, you are reading through the entire file just to count the number of integers, and then you are trying to read the values from where the previous loop left off. You are not seeking the ifstream back to the beginning of the file so you can re-read what you have already read.
Try something more like this instead:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
string inFileName = "intValues.txt";
ifstream inFile(inFileName.c_str());
int value, count = 0;
while (inFile >> value){
++count;
}
cout << count;
std::vector<int> intArray;
intArray.reserve(count);
inFile.seekg(0);
while (inFile >> value){
intArray.push_back(value);
cout << value << " ";
}
// use intArray as needed...
return 0;
}
Alternatively, don't even bother counting the integers, just let the std::vector grow as needed, eg:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main() {
string inFileName = "intValues.txt";
ifstream inFile(inFileName.c_str());
vector<int> intArray;
int value;
while (inFile >> value){
intArray.push_back(value);
cout << value << " ";
}
// use intArray as needed...
// you an get the count from intArray.size()
return 0;
}