#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std; 

const int ARRAY_SIZE = 6; 

// function declaration
void readData(ifstream&, char []); 

int main()
{
	const string filename = "data.txt";		// hardcoded file name
	ifstream inFile;						// input file object
	char charArray[ARRAY_SIZE];					// character array

	// file open and checking
	inFile.open(filename); 
	if (!inFile)
	{
		cout << "Error: file-open fails!" << endl; 
		return(EXIT_FAILURE); 
	}

	// read data into first character array
	readData(inFile, charArray); 

	// print data
	for (int ii=0; ii<ARRAY_SIZE; ii++)
		cout << "Character " << ii+1 << ": " << charArray[ii] << endl; 

	// close file
	inFile.close(); 

	return 0; 
} // main function

void readData(ifstream& in_file,	// input file object
	char char_arr [])				// character array
{
	for (int ii=0; ii<ARRAY_SIZE; ii++)
		in_file >> char_arr[ii]; 
} // function readData