Mega Code Archive
File Stream Objects as Function Arguments
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#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
bool writeFile (ofstream&, char*);
bool readFile (ifstream&, char*);
int main ()
{
string data;
bool status;
ofstream outfile;
status = writeFile(outfile, "students.dat");
if (!status)
{
cout << "File could not be opened for writing\n";
cout << "Program terminating\n";
return 0;
}
else
{
cout << "Writing to the file" << endl;
cout << "Enter class name: ";
getline(cin, data);
outfile << data<< endl;
cout << "Enter number of students: ";
cin >> data;
cin.ignore();
outfile << data<< endl;
outfile.close();
}
ifstream infile;
status = readFile(infile, "students.dat");
if (!status)
{
cout << "File could not be opened for reading\n";
cout << "Program terminating\n";
return 0;
}
else
{
cout << "Reading from the file" << endl;
getline(infile, data);
while(!infile.fail())
{
cout << data << endl;
getline(infile, data);
}
infile.close();
}
return 0;
}
bool writeFile (ofstream& file, char* strFile)
{
file.open(strFile);
if (file.fail())
return false;
else
return true;
}
bool readFile (ifstream& ifile, char* strFile)
{
ifile.open(strFile);
if (ifile.fail())
return false;
else
return true;
}
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