C++ Console is blank when program is run - c++

Question

This might be a stupid question I'm still very new to coding. For my CS class I was given code for the basics of a boardgame. When I try to run the code it just comes up blank in my console, I tried to print "check" at the very beginning of main but still nothing prints to the console. No errors come up
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
class square {
private:
int move;
string message;
char symbol;
public:
square();
void print();
int action();
void set(int, char, string);
};
void print_board(square[], int, int);
void read_board(square[]);
void check_position(int &);
const int board_length = 20;
int main() {
cout << "check";
int current_player = 1, roll;
int player1_position = 0, player2_position = 0;
square the_board[board_length];
srand(time(NULL));
read_board(the_board);
print_board(the_board, player1_position, 1);
print_board(the_board, player2_position, 2);
do {
cout << "\n\n\nPlayer " << current_player << " type enter to roll.\n";
cin.ignore();
roll = 1 + (rand() % 5);
cout << "Player " << current_player << " rolled a " << roll << ".\n";
if (current_player == 1) {
player1_position += roll;
check_position(player1_position);
player1_position += the_board[player1_position].action();
check_position(player1_position);
} else {
player2_position += roll;
check_position(player2_position);
player2_position += the_board[player2_position].action();
check_position(player2_position);
}
print_board(the_board, player1_position, 1);
print_board(the_board, player2_position, 2);
current_player = (current_player % 2) + 1;
} while ((player1_position < board_length-1) && (player2_position < board_length - 1));
current_player = (current_player % 2) + 1;
cout << "\nPlayer " << current_player << " Wins!!!\n";
cin.ignore();
return 0;
}
void read_board(square b[]) {
ifstream infile;
infile.open("game.txt");
int square_number, square_move;
string square_message;
char square_symbol;
while (!infile.eof()) {
infile >> square_number >> square_move >> square_symbol;
getline(infile, square_message);
if (square_number < board_length) {
b[square_number].set(square_move, square_symbol, square_message);
}
}
}
void print_board(square b[], int player_position, int player_number) {
for (int i=0; i < board_length; i++) {
if (i != player_position) {
b[i].print();
} else {
cout << player_number;
}
}
cout << "Goal\n";
for (int i=0; i < board_length; i++) {
cout << "-";
}
cout << "\n";
}
void check_position(int &p) {
if (p < 0) {
p = 0;
}
if (p >= board_length) {
p = board_length - 1;
}
}
square::square() {
symbol = ' ';
move = 0;
message = "";
}
int square::action() {
cout << message << endl;
return move;
}
void square::print() {
cout << symbol;
}
void square::set (int m, char s, string a_message) {
move = m;
symbol = s;
message = a_message;
}

Answer 1

Modify you read_board() to
void read_board(square b[]) {
ifstream infile;
infile.open("game.txt");
int square_number, square_move;
string square_message;
char square_symbol;
while (infile >> square_number >> square_move >> square_symbol) {
getline(infile, square_message);
if (square_number < board_length) {
b[square_number].set(square_move, square_symbol, quare_message);
}
}
}

Answer 2

Change cout<<"check"; to cout<<"check"<<endl;
Without the new line added, the out buffer is not flushed before your code gets hung in your read_board function