saves person object to disk : class save load « File Stream « C++ Tutorial

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3. class save load

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

class person      
   {  
   protected:  
      char name[80];
short age;          
   public:  
      void getData(){  
         cout << "Enter name: "; cin >> name;  
         cout << "Enter age: "; cin >> age;  
         }  
};  
int main(){  
   person pers;   
   pers.getData();
                  
   ofstream outfile("PERSON.DAT", ios::binary);  
   outfile.write(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&pers), sizeof(pers));  
   return 0;  
}