"New Line" connected to value when reading in a CSV?

Question

I am currently trying to read in a CSV file to place it into an array, but when I execute the code, the program seems to read over the endline to the next comma which messes up my output. Here is the code:

while (!inFile.eof()) {
        string line = "";
        while (count_1 <= numValuesPerLine) {
            getline(inFile, readFromFile, ',');
            line.append(readFromFile);
            count_1++;
        }
        cout << line << endl;
        count_1 = 0;
    }

'line' ends up having the value:

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425\n1

which when I print it, places that newline next to '25' and messes up the output.

(numValuesPerLine = 25 and count_1 is initialized outside of the loop)

I looked around for a similar answer but I could not find anything exactly like what I am trying to do, any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

You should note that [`while (!inFile.eof())`](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5605125/why-is-iostreameof-inside-a-loop-condition-considered-wrong) is the wrong approach. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Oct 07 '16 at 19:42
Can't you just remove new line from your readFromFile string? Something like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1488775/c-remove-new-line-from-multiline-string — Outshined, Oct 07 '16 at 19:43
`while(getline(inFile, readFromFile, ','))` should be better. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Oct 07 '16 at 19:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '16 at 19:46

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you changed the delimiter from \n to , so of course the newline is kept as part of the input

answered Oct 07 '16 at 19:46

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well...I did not think to do that, I thought you had to separate it by comma. I feel quite foolish now. Will mark as answered as soon as I can. – Mark Wilcoxen Oct 07 '16 at 19:52

"New Line" connected to value when reading in a CSV?

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