Inputting a relationship array - c++

Question

I am trying to input an binary array which represents a relationship. As an example, the array:
001
000
100
would output (0,2),(2,0)
To do this I'm trying to grab characters one at a time from input, and then change counters based on encountering a newline.
Here is my code so far.
char inChar;
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
while (inChar = ins.get() != '$') {
//$ is used to terminate input
vector <int> orderedPair;
if(inChar == '\n') {
y++;
x=0;
} else {
x++;
}
cout << inChar;
int isPair = inChar - '0';
if(isPair == 1){
orderedPair.push_back(x);
orderedPair.push_back(y);
pointsList.push_back(orderedPair);
orderedPair.clear();
}
}
However, that cout line just outputs... smiley faces? No matter what I enter, I just get smiley faces. I'm lost here. I've looked for any accidentally assignment, and I thought it might be an issue with my typecasting but that is later.

Answer 1

inChar = ins.get() != '$' means inChar = (ins.get() != '$') and whether the character read is equal to '$' or not will be stored to inChar instead of the character itself. You can use (inChar = ins.get()) != '$' to save the input with checking if the input is '$'.
Also note that orderedPair will be cleared on each iteration because it is declared as local variable of the block, so you won't need orderedPair.clear();.