C++ Using fstream to read from a file

Question

I use Putty for coding, so my question, while general in scope, is asked from the perspective of that program.

How do you take a file from the command line and read it line for line into the main program so it can then be parceled out and manipulated in functions? I understand that you use the fstream class, but I'm not sure at the correct procedure for actually reading lines from the file

Putty is a terminal emulator, it has nothing to do with coding. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 16:22

masoud · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-12 16:22:33Z

1

This is a simple sample:

ifstream in("file.txt");

if (!in.is_open())
{
    cout << "Error - cannot open the file." << endl;
    return 0;
}

string line;
while (getline(in, line))
{
    cout << line << endl;

    ...

}

answered Oct 12, 2013 at 16:22

masoud

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