C++ version of isspace (Convert code to C to C++)

Question

I am converting code from C to C++. I am currently using the C function, isspace, what is the C++ equivalent when using an ifstream? Specifically while (!isspace(lineBuffer[l]))

id is the first the number (2515, 1676, 279) and name is the set of letters after the first "space" (ABC, XYZ, FOO).

Example NewList.Txt

2515    ABC 23.5    32  -99 1875.7  1  
1676    XYZ 12.5    31  -97 530.82  2  
279  FOO 45.5    31  -96  530.8  3  

C Code

void converter::updateNewList(){
    FILE* NewList;
    char lineBuffer[100];
    char* id = 0;
    char* name = 0;

    int l = 0;
    int n;

    NewList = fopen("NewList.txt","r");
    if (NewList == NULL){
        std::cerr << "Error in reading NewList.txt\n";
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    } 

    while(!feof(NewList)){
        fgets (lineBuffer , 100 , NewList); // Read line    
        l = 0;
        while (!isspace(lineBuffer[l])){
            l = l + 1;
        }

        id = new char[l];
        switch (l){
            case 1: 
                n = sprintf (id, "%c", lineBuffer[0]);
                break;
            case 2:
                n = sprintf (id, "%c%c", lineBuffer[0], lineBuffer[1]);
                break;
            case 3:
                n = sprintf (id, "%c%c%c", lineBuffer[0], lineBuffer[1], lineBuffer[2]);        
                break;
            case 4:
                n = sprintf (id, "%c%c%c%c", lineBuffer[0], lineBuffer[1], lineBuffer[2],lineBuffer[3]);
                break;
            default:
                n = -1;
                break;
        }
        if (n < 0){
            std::cerr << "Error in processing ids from NewList.txt\n";
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        l = l + 1;
        int s = l;
        while (!isspace(lineBuffer[l])){
            l = l + 1;
        }
        name = new char[l-s];
        switch (l-s){
            case 2:
                n = sprintf (name, "%c%c", lineBuffer[s+0], lineBuffer[s+1]);
                break;
            case 3:
                n = sprintf (name, "%c%c%c", lineBuffer[s+0], lineBuffer[s+1], lineBuffer[s+2]);
                break;
            case 4:
                n = sprintf (name, "%c%c%c%c", lineBuffer[s+0], lineBuffer[s+1], lineBuffer[s+2],lineBuffer[s+3]);
                break;
            default:
                n = -1;
                break;
        }
        if (n < 0){
            std::cerr << "Error in processing short name from NewList.txt\n";
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }


        ids_.push_back ( std::string(id) );
        names_.push_back(std::string(name));
    }

    bool isFound = false;
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < siteNames_.size(); i ++) {
        isFound = false;
        for (unsigned int j = 0; j < names_.size(); j ++) {
            if (siteNames_[i].compare(names_[j]) == 0){
                isFound = true;
            }
        }
    }

    fclose(NewList);
    delete [] id;
    delete [] name;
}

C++ CODE

void converter::updateNewList(){
    int l = 0;
    char c;

    std::ifstream radesNewList ("NewList.txt",std::ios::in|std::ios::ate);
    NewList.seekg(std::ios_base::beg);

    std::string line;
    while(!NewList.eof()){
        l = 0;
        getline(radesNewList,line);

        for (size_t i=0; i<line.length(); ++i){
            c=line[i];
            bool isWhiteSpace = std::isspace(c, std::locale("C")); 
            if (isWhiteSpace){
                l = i+1;
                break;
            }       
        }

        ids_.push_back (line.substr(0,l));

        int s = l;
        for (size_t i=l; i<line.length(); ++i){
            c=line[i];
            bool isWhiteSpace = std::isspace(c, std::locale("C")); 
            if (isWhiteSpace){
                l = i+1;
                break;
            }       
        }
        names_.push_back(line.substr(s,l-s));
        line.clear();
    }

    NewList.close();
}

Answer 1

std::isspace(). (Or, more fully qualified, template <typename T> bool std::isspace(T c, const std::locale& loc). Exact declaration may vary between compilers.)

Answer 2

I'm not aware of anything from the C89 standard lib that isn't available for C++. (It's different for C99, which was released after the current C++ standard and contains a few things-like complex-that can never make it into the C++ standard.)

Generally, just include the C header replacing the .h suffix with a c prefix (<ctype.h> becomes <cctype> and <string.h> becomes <cstring>) and remember that most of the identifiers (with the exclusion of macros) needs a std:: prefix.

Particularly, include <cctype> and std::isspace(ch) works in C++ as it works in C.