Read words and numbers from text file (c++) - c++

Question

I have a text with this format:
NAME(char) ID(int) MARK(int)
for example:
JOSH 1234 100
SARA 5678 90
..
..
I want to read this file, enter the params to a students struct and then print it on the screen ( you can see in the code).
My problem is that it seems I can't read the name properly, and this line:
while (file >> id >> word >> grade) - is getting the id and the mark correct, but the name in the variable word (which is char *) is getting hex addresses like 0x000a8520.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
struct Student
{
int id;
char * name = new char [25];
int mark;
};
int makeStudentsArr(Student * ptr, char * address);
void printArr(Student * ptr, int number);
int main() {
char * address = new char[26];
Student * myptr = new Student[50];
cin >> address;
int count;
count = makeStudentsArr(myptr, address);
printArr(myptr, count);
system("pause");
return 0;
}
int makeStudentsArr(Student * ptr, char * address) {
ifstream file;
file.open(address);
char * word = new char[25];
int id,grade;
int index = 0;
while (file >> id >> word >> grade) {
ptr[index].id = id;
ptr[index].name = word;
ptr[index].mark = grade;
index++;
}
return index;
}
void printArr(Student * ptr, int number) {
for (int i = 0;i < number;i++) {
cout << "name: " << (ptr + i)->name << " id: " << (ptr + i)->id << " mark: " << (ptr + i)->mark << endl;
}
}

Answer 1

Change this:
ptr[index].name = word;
to this:
strcpy(ptr[index].name, word);
since the first copies the pointer, while the second copies the actual string (where the pointer is pointing to)!
However, your program does not delete the memory you dynamically allocated with new, which results in memory leaks.
It would be much easier if you used an std::string instead of C strings. Moreover, it would also be easier, if you used an std::vector instead of plain C arrays.