C++ examples for File Stream:Text File
Read a file char by char
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; int main()/*from w ww . jav a 2s. c o m*/ { string filename = "test.dat"; char ch; long offset, last; ifstream inFile(filename.c_str()); if (inFile.fail()) // check for successful open { cout << "\nThe file was not successfully opened\n Please check that the file currently exists" << endl; exit(1); } inFile.seekg(0L,ios::end); last = inFile.tellg(); for (offset = 1L; offset <= last; offset++) { inFile.seekg(-offset,ios::end); ch = inFile.get(); cout << ch << " : "; } inFile.close(); cout << endl; return 0; }