File I/O code snippet to convert a file to a std::vector<std::string>. Assumes you have already defined the FileExists function.


///FileToVector reads a file and converts it to a std::vector<std::string>

///From http://www.richelbilderbeek.nl/CppFileToVector.htm

const std::vector<std::string> FileToVector(const std::string& filename)

{

  assert(FileExists(filename));

  std::vector<std::string> v;

  std::ifstream in(filename.c_str());

  std::string s;

  for (int i=0; !in.eof(); ++i)

  {

    std::getline(in,s);

    v.push_back(s);

  }

  return v;

}

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