string s; // reading in file strings
  int j = 0;
  if (!input.is_open()) {
    cout << "did not open.";
  }
  else {
    while (getline(input, s)) {
      for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) {
        i = s.find("{", i);
        j = s.find("},", j + 1);
        cout << s.substr(i, j - i + 1) << endl;
        //myArray[i] = s.substr(i, j - i + 1);





        /*if (s.at(i) != ' ')
          s2 += s.at(i);
          cout << s2;
          //myArray[i] = s2;*/

      } // end for

    } // end while
    //cout << myArray[0] << endl;
    //cout << myArray[1] << endl;
  }