for loop file data is repeating and skipping other lines c++ - c++

Question

I'm almost done with my program that reads in contact data, except when I read it in, certain lines repeat and skip other lines. For example, this is what happens currently:
Name: Herb SysAdmin
Address: 27 Technology Drive
Age: 27 Technology Drive
Phone: 25
Type: WORK
It repeats address, but skips phone. Code below.
int EnterContact(string contacts, ListofContacts list)
// first number from the file depicting
{
// constant
ifstream inFile; //input file stream object
inFile.open("contacts.txt");
// variables
std:: string name,
address,
phone,
contactType;
string line;
int age;
int conNum = 0;
inFile >> conNum;
cout << endl;
cout << "There are " << conNum << " contacts in this phone." << endl;
for (int x = 0; x < conNum; x++)
{
getline(inFile, line);
getline(inFile, name);
getline(inFile, address);
inFile >> age >> phone >> contactType;
list[x] = Contact(name, address, age, phone, GetType(contactType));
}
//close the file
inFile.close();
return conNum;
}
any ideas or if i'm just missing a line of code it'd be greatly appreciated.
my input file looks like this:
3
Herb SysAdmin
27 Technology Drive
25
850-555-1212
WORK
Sally Sallster
48 Friendly Street
22
850-555-8484
FRIEND
Brother Bob
191 Apple Mountain Road
30
850-555-2222
RELATIVE

Answer 1

This code:
for (int x = 0; x < conNum; x++)
{
getline(inFile, line);
getline(inFile, name);
getline(inFile, address);
inFile >> age >> phone >> contactType;
list[x] = Contact(name, address, age, phone, GetType(contactType));
}
is wrong because you're mixing formatted input with unformatted input without clearing the newline left after the extraction into conNum and subsequently into contactType.
To fix it, use std::ws:
getline(inFile >> std::ws, line);
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^