File Read Write

Reads information from the file and outputs it onto the screen

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

int main ()
{
   char data[80];
   ofstream outfile;
   outfile.open("file.dat");
   cout << "Writing to the file" << endl;
   cout << "Enter your name: "; 
   cin.getline(data, 80);
   outfile << data << endl;
   cout << "Enter your id: "; 
   cin >> data;
   cin.ignore();
   outfile << data << endl;
   outfile.close();
   ifstream infile; 
   cout << "Reading from the file" << endl; 

   infile.open("file.dat"); 
   infile >> data; 
   cout << data << endl; 
   infile >> data; 
   cout << data << endl; 
   infile.close();
   return 0;
}

Another example of read() and write() and illustrates the use of gcount( )

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
  double doubleNumberArray[4] = {99.75, -34.4, 1776.0, 200.1};
  int i;
  ofstream out("numbers", ios::out | ios::binary);
  if(!out) {
    cout << "Cannot open file.";
    return 1;
   }
  out.write((char *) &doubleNumberArray, sizeof doubleNumberArray);
  out.close();
  for(i=0; i<4; i++) // clear array
    doubleNumberArray[i] = 0.0;

  ifstream in("numbers", ios::in | ios::binary);
  in.read((char *) &doubleNumberArray, sizeof doubleNumberArray);
  
  cout << in.gcount() << " bytes read\n"; // see how many bytes have been read
  for(i=0; i<4; i++) // show values read from file
     cout << doubleNumberArray[i] << " ";
  in.close();
  return 0;
}

Opening Files for Read and Write

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>


using namespace std;
int main()
{
   char buffer[255];    

   ofstream fout("text.txt");  
   fout << "This line written directly to the file...\n";
   cout << "Enter text for the file: ";
   cin.ignore(1,'\n');
   cin.getline(buffer,255);

   fout << buffer << "\n";
   fout.close();         

   ifstream fin("text.txt");    
   char ch;
   while (fin.get(ch))
      cout << ch;

   fin.close();
   return 0;
}
  
    

Use get() and getline() to read characters.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  char ch;
  char str[256];

  ofstream fout("test.dat");
  if(!fout) {
    cout << "Cannot open file for output.\n";
    return 1;
  }

  fout << "This is a line of text.\n";
  fout << "This is another line of text.\n";
  fout << "This is the last line of text.\n";

  fout.close();
  if(!fout.good()) {
    cout << "An error occurred when writing to the file.\n";
    return 1;
  }

  ifstream fin("test.dat", ios::in);
  if(!fin) {
    cout << "Cannot open file for input.\n";
    return 1;
  }

  cout << "Use get():\n";

  cout << "Here are the first three characters: ";
  for(int i=0; i < 3; ++i) {
    fin.get(ch);
    cout << ch;
  }
  cout << endl;

  fin.get(str, 255);
  cout << "Here is the rest of the first line: ";
  cout << str << endl;

  fin.get(ch);

  cout << "\nNow use getline():\n";

  fin.getline(str, 255);
  cout << str << endl;
  fin.getline(str, 255);
  cout << str;

  fin.close();
  if(!fin.good()) {
    cout << "Error occurred while reading or closing the file.\n";
    return 1;
  }

  return 0;
}