Random-Access Read a binary file - C++ File Stream

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Description

Random-Access Read a binary file

Demo Code

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int get_int(int default_value);
int main() {//  w ww. j  a  va  2  s .  c om
   char filename[FILENAME_MAX];
   int n = 0;
   char name[20];
   int age = 0;
   int recsize =  sizeof(name) + sizeof(int);
   cout << "Enter file name: ";
   cin.getline(filename, FILENAME_MAX);
   // Open file for binary read-write access.
   fstream  fbin(filename, ios::binary | ios::in);
   if (!fbin) {
      cout << "Could not open " << filename << endl;
      return -1;
   }
   // Get record number and go to record.
   cout << "Enter file record number: ";
   n = get_int(0);
   fbin.seekp(n * recsize);
   // Read data from the file.
   fbin.read(name, sizeof(name) - 1);
   fbin.read((char*)(&age), sizeof(int));
   // Display the data and close.
   cout << "The name is: " << name << endl;
   cout << "The age is: " << age << endl;
   fbin.close();
   return 0;
}
int get_int(int default_value) {
   char s[81];
   cin.getline(s, 80);
   if (strlen(s) == 0) {
      return default_value;
   }
   return atoi(s);
}

Result


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