Output account info to a file using an inserter. : Inserter « Overload « C++

1. C++
2. Overload
3. Inserter

Output account info to a file using an inserter.

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

class account {
  int custnum;
  char name[80];
  double balance;
public:
  account(int c, char *n, double b) 
  {
    custnum = c;
    strcpy(name, n);
    balance = b;
  }
  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &stream, account ob);
};

ostream &operator<<(ostream &stream, account ob) 
{
  stream << ob.custnum << ' ';
  stream << ob.name << ' ' << ob.balance;
  stream << '\n';

  return stream;
}

int main()
{
  account  Rex(1011, "Joe", 12323.34);
  ofstream out("accounts", ios::out | ios::binary);

  if(!out) {
    cout << "Cannot open output file.\n";
    return 1;
  }

  out << Rex;

  out.close();

  return 0;
}



           
       

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