I cannot get this program to loop its only pulling the first name from my text f

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I cannot get this program to loop its only pulling the first name from my text file no matter how many students I enter and displaying it as the first and last name. Please Help I will rate five stars if someone can help me.

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
ifstream inputFile;
int students;
int count;
char names[25];
char first[25];
char last[25];
inputFile.open("F:\LineUp.txt");
inputFile >> names;

cout << "Enter in the number of students in the class: ";
cin >> students;
cin.ignore(25,' ');
while (students < 1 || students > 25)
{
   cout << "Enter in a number that is no less than 1 and no more than 25: ";
   cin >> students;
}
for (int count = 0; count <= students; count++)
{
   if (count == 1)
   {
     strcpy(first, names);
     strcpy(last, names);
   }  
   if (strcmp(names,first) < 0)
   {
     strcpy(first, names);
   }
   if (strcmp(names,last) > 0)
   {
     strcpy(last, names);
   }
}
cout << "The first student is " << first << endl;
cout << "The last student is " << last << endl;
inputFile.close();
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

Explanation / Answer

you only got the first name from the file with this line:

inputFile >> names

if you want more names, try making a loop.

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