readHerwigConfigFile.h

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

void  readConfigFile(std::vector< std::string >* inputlines , std::string configfile){
    std::string line;
    std::ifstream myfile (configfile.c_str());
    if (myfile.is_open())
        {
            // read line by line of the file
            while (! myfile.eof() )
                {
                    // write read lines into string line
                    getline (myfile,line);

                    // check for Comments. Remove everything from the position of the character "#"
                    if(line.find("#") != std::string::npos) 
                        line.replace(line.find("#"), line.length()-line.find("#"),"");

                    // remove whitespaces from the beginning of the line
                    //while(line[0]==std::string(" ")) line.replace(0,1, "");

                    // skip empty lines
                    if(line.empty()) continue;

                    // fill lines in vector
                    inputlines->push_back(line);
                }

            myfile.close();
        }
    else std::cout << "Unable to open file " << configfile << std::endl; 

}

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