fstream get(char*, int) how to operate empty line? - c++

Question

code in strfile.cpp:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <assert.h>
#define SZ 100
using namespace std;
int main(){
char buf[SZ];
{
ifstream in("strfile.cpp");
assert(in);
ofstream out("strfile.out");
assert(out);
int i = 1;
while(!in.eof()){
if(in.get(buf, SZ))
int a = in.get();
else{
cout << buf << endl;
out << i++ << ": " << buf << endl;
continue;
}
cout << buf << endl;
out << i++ << ": " << buf << endl;
}
}
return 0;
}
I want to operate all file
but in strfile.out:
1: #include <fstream>
2: #include <iostream>
3: #include <assert.h>
4: ...(many empty line)
I know that fstream.getline(char*, int) this function can manage it,but I want to know how to do this just use the function "fstream.get()".

Answer 1

Because ifstream::get(char*,streamsize) will leave the delimiter (in this case \n) on the stream, your call never advances and thus it appears to your calling program that you are endlessly reading blank lines.
Instead you need to determine if a newline is waiting on the stream, and move past it using in.get() or in.ignore(1):
ifstream in("strfile.cpp");
ofstream out("strfile.out");
int i = 1;
out << i << ": ";
while (in.good()) {
if (in.peek() == '\n') {
// in.get(buf, SZ) won't read newlines
in.get();
out << endl << i++ << ": ";
} else {
in.get(buf, SZ);
out << buf; // we only output the buffer contents, no newline
}
}
// output the hanging \n
out << endl;
in.close();
out.close();