Help with file input & output

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  1. Kappo

    Kappo New Member

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    Hi, im having some trouble getting my head around the concept of file input/output.

    I have written a basic program,and from my understanding(probably completely off),it should open a text file that i have named and saved in the same folder that my program is saved in.

    The program will then write the variables i have created to the file and will display them.

    Here is my code:

    Code:
    main()
    {
          char c = 'J' ;
          int i = 5 ;
          string s = "Hello" ;
          
          ofstream myfile_out ; // create a file object for output
          
          myfile_out.open("myfile.txt") ; // this will open myfile.txt
          
          
          //now to write the data to the file
          myfile_out << s << ' ' << c << ' ' << i << endl ;
          myfile_out.close() ; // close the output file
          
          cout << "Your file contains :" << endl ;
          [B]cout << ' ' << myfile.txt << endl ;[/B]
          
          }
    However,my program does not work.I would like to keep it as simple as possible.Can anyone help point me in the right direction and explain were i am making mistakes.
    I also understand that the last line is not correct,but what i am basically trying to do is output the contents of the file.Can someone please explain this to me.
     
  2. SaswatPadhi

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    Your mistakes :
    (1) main () should have a return statement.
    (2) The line which you mentioned in bold is completely incorrect, that's not the way to read files !
    When you write to file, you open it in output mode, so to read files open it in input mode.


    The correct code :

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <fstream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
          char c = 'J';
          int i = 5;
          string s = "Hello";
    
          ofstream myfile_out; // create a file object for output
          myfile_out.open("myfile.txt"); // this will open myfile.txt
    
          //now to write the data to the file
          myfile_out << s << ' ' << c << ' ' << i << endl;
          myfile_out.close(); // close the output file
    
          cout << "Your file contains :" << endl;
          ifstream myfile_in;
          myfile_in.open("myfile.txt");
          char TChar;
          while( ! myfile_in.eof() )
          {
                myfile_in.get(TChar);
                putchar(TChar);
          }
          myfile_in.close();
          return 0;
    }
    PS : Can someone tell me why does the 'cout' get hyper-linked automatically ?? It's giving me a real headache !
     
    Last edited: May 9, 2009
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