// MyClass.h
{
  private:
    char FirstName;
    char LastName;
    char MiddleName;
    int ID;
    int Age;
};

// Globals
const int myIndex = 256;
myClass classType[ myIndex ];

int main()
{

   // assume preprocessors are included

   cout << "Enter File: ";
   cin  >> cArray;
   if ( !inFile.good() )
   {
     cout << "Wrong?" << endl;
   }
   inFile.open( cArray );
   while ( !inFile.eof() )
   {
     linecount++ // giving me 1 and not counting the file lines

 inFile.read( ( char * ) &myType[linecount], sizeof( myClass ) );

   }
}

// MyClass.h
{
  private:
    char FirstName;
    char LastName;
    char MiddleName;
    int ID;
    int Age;
};

// Globals
const int myIndex = 256;
myClass classType[ myIndex ];

int main()
{

   // assume preprocessors are included

   cout << "Enter File: ";
   cin  >> cArray;

if ( !inFile.good() )

{
     cout << "Wrong?" << endl;
   }
   inFile.open( cArray );

inFile.read( ( char * ) &myType[linecount], sizeof( myClass ) );

}
}

class person
{
public:
  person (const std::string &first_name,
          const std::string &last_name,
          const std::string &middle_name,
          int                id,
          int                age)
          : m_first_name(first_name),
            m_last_name(last_name),
            m_middle_name(middle_name,
            m_id(id),
            m_age(age) {}
private:
  std::string m_first_name, m_last_name, m_middle_name;
  int m_id, m_age;
};
// Lots of other code
std::vector<person> people;
while(...)
  {
    std::string first_name, last_name, middle_name;
    int id, age;
    in_file >> first_name >> last_name >> middle_name >> id >> age;
    person p(first_name, last_name, middle_name, id, age);
    people.push_back(p);
  }