Reading a text file to an array

[boburob]

Hey im trying to read a text file to an array, but at the moment the array is just staying empty:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
//This section of the code includes the libaries needed to run the program
using namespace std;

int main() 
//This defines the main() function
{
	char file[256];
	char code[512];
	ifstream inFile;
	system("cls");
	cout << "				Code Breaker!\n" << endl;
	cout << "Please enter the name and extension of the file you want to decode:\n" << endl;
	cin.getline ( file, 256, '\n');
	cout << "The name entered was :\n" << file << endl;
	inFile.open(file);
	if (!inFile) {
		cerr << "Unable to open file";
		exit(1);   
	}
	inFile >> code[512];
	
	cout << "This file contains the code:\n" << code << endl;
	inFile.close();
	return 0;
}

Thanks for your help

[v0id]

Why don't you use std::strings? And instead of arrays, std::vectors, though arrays nor vectors aren't needed in your code. You can simply load the content into a std::string.