opening a file

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

using namespace std;


void openFile(ifstream& input)
{
        string file = "superbowl.dat"; // declare a variable and set it equal to the name of the superbowl file
        input.open( file.c_str() ); // next open that file. doing file.c_str() tells the program to superbowl.dat in                             for file and then open that file.
}


void takeIn(ifstream& input, string winningTeam[], string losingTeam[], int finalScore[]) //made 3 arrays here that store, winning team, losing team, and final score. they are declared down in main. this is to make it easier to pass these arrays by reference later in the program.
{
        for(int i = 0; i < 47; i++) // loops so that you can take in all of the games listed in the open file
        {
                input >> winningTeam[i]; //takes in the winning team
                input >> losingTeam[i]; // takes in the losing team
                input >> finalScore[i]; // takes in the score
        }
}


int main()
{
    string winningTeam[48] = { };
    string losingTeam[48] = { };
    int finalScore[48] = { };
    ifstream input; // This says that we will now refer to our ifstream as input. this is important for the void openFile function

    openFile(input); // this runs the openFile function
    takeIn(input, winningTeam, losingTeam, finalScore); // this runs the takeIn function
    input.close(); // this closes the file stream
    return 0;
}