How can I ignore the "end of line" or "new line" character when reading text files word by word?

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Objective: I am reading a text file word by word, and am saving each word as an element in an array. I am then printing out this array, word by word. I know this could be done more efficiently, but this is for an assignment and I have to use an array.

/* I'm doing more with the array, such as counting repeated elements, removing certain elements, etc. I also have successfully converted the files to be entirely lowercase and without punctuation.*/

Current Situation: I have a text file that looks like this:

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beginning of file

more lines with some bizzare spacing some lines next to each other while

others are farther apart eof

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Here is some of my code with itemsInArray initialized at 0 and an array of words refered to as wordArray[ (approriate length for my file ) ]:

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ifstream infile;
infile.open(fileExample);

while (!infile.eof()) {

    string temp;
    getline(infile,temp,' ');  // Successfully reads words seperated by a single space


    if ((temp != "") && (temp != '\n') && (temp != " ") && (temp != "\n") && (temp != "\0") {
            wordArray[itemsInArray] = temp;
            itemsInArray++;
    }

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The Problem:

My code is saving the end of line character as an item in my array. In my if statement, I've listed all of the ways I have tried to disclude the end of line character, but I've had no luck.

How can I prevent the end of line character from saving as an item in my array?

I've tried a few other methods I have found on threads similar to this, including something with a *const char that I couldn't make work, as well as iterating through and deleting the new line characters. I've been working on this for hours, I don't want to repost the same issue, and have tried many many methods. Please help me if you can.

This is all in C++.

asked 1 min ago

madBright

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How can I ignore the "end of line" or "new line" character when reading text files word by word?