◄istream► ◄Up► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ──The Microsoft iostream Classes──────────────────────────────────────────── istream& getline( char* pch, int nCount, char delim = '\n' ); istream& getline( unsigned char* puch, int nCount, char delim = '\n' ); istream& getline( signed char* psch, int nCount, char delim = '\n' ); Parameter Description <pch>, <puch>, <psch> A pointer to a character array. <nCount> The maximum number of characters to store, including the terminating NULL. <delim> The delimiter character (defaults to newline). Remarks Extracts characters from the stream until either the delimiter <delim> is found, the limit <nCount>-1 is reached, or end of file is reached. The characters are stored in the specified array followed by a null terminator. If the delimiter is found, it is extracted but not stored. The get function, in contrast, neither extracts nor stores the delimiter. See Also ◄istream::get►, ◄istream::read► -♦-