Why is the first line shifted one space to the right? - c++

Question

Okay so me and a few colleagues were working on an assignment for class. I completed it to my fullest extent; however, there is one thing that neither I nor any of my colleagues could fix. I searched for hours online but couldn't fine the answer I needed.
The first line that is printed after the data is read from the file is always shifted 1 space to the right. That is my only problem. The string is not shifted, but everything is. We checked for spaces, tabs, and extra symbols, we tried switching up the file we were reading from all to achieve nothing. I would really appreciate it if someone could point out what is wrong with my program. Thanks in advance!
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main() {
ifstream inputFile;
cout << "Please enter the file you would like to open: ";
string filename;
cin >> filename;
inputFile.open(filename);
if(inputFile.fail())
{
cout << "Error: File failed to open or was not found..." << endl;
}
else
{
cout << "File opened" << endl;
string land;
double price, min, max, total, average, count;
count = 0;
min = 0;
max = 0;
total = 0;
while(inputFile.good())
{
getline(inputFile, land, '\t');
inputFile >> price;
cout << fixed << setprecision(2) << setw(40) << left << land << right << "$ " << price;
if(count == 0)
{
max = price;
min = price;
}
if(price > max)
{
max = price;
}
if(price < min)
{
min = price;
}
total += price;
count++;
}
inputFile.close();
average = total / count;
cout << endl << endl;
cout << setw(43) << "Average Price = $ " << average << endl;
cout << setw(43) << "Highest Price = $ " << max << endl;
cout << setw(43) << " Lowest Price = $ " << min << endl;
}
return 0;
}
What doesn't make sense to me is that it is a loop, so why is only the first one being shifted?
This is what was on the file I was using
Landmark 1258
Creekside 1840
Parkside 1575
Gallatyn Walk 1710
Oak Mill 1185
Cutler's Ridge 1495
Prairie Creek Cottages 1987
Waterview Mills 1505
Canterbury Courts 1300
Breckinridge Point 1205
The Junction 1699
The words and numbers should all be separated with a tab.
The Image shows the output I was always given.

Answer 1

The difference is that from the first line, variable "land" is "Landmark" while all the others have the \n in front of the name, taken from the previous line, ie "\nCreekside", "\nParkside" etc.
You could just delete the \n from the string name and then add it at the end of your std::cout:
while (inputFile.good())
{
getline(inputFile, land, '\t');
if (land[0] == '\n')
{
land.erase(0, 1);
}
inputFile >> price;
cout << fixed << setprecision(2) << setw(40) << left << land << right << "$ " << price << endl;
Now the outcome is formatted correctly!

Answer 2

It's an illusion. The first line is spaced correctly. Every other value you read in with getline will include a \n character, which is where inputFile >> price left off.
A quick fix is to ignore all characters to the end of line after reading price (requires you to include <limits>):
getline(inputFile, land, '\t');
inputFile >> price;
inputFile.ignore( numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n' );
cout << setw(40) << left << land << right << "$ " << price << endl;
A better approach is to always read lines in the first place. This is also a more correct loop condition, and a practise you should get into (this version uses <sstream>):
string line;
while( getline( inputFile, line ) )
{
istringstream line_ss( line );
if( getline( line_ss, land, '\t' ) >> price )
{
cout << setw(40) << left << land << right << "$ " << price << endl;
}
}