Reading a File with C++

By K4Paul 0 Development , , , ,

Here is just a simple example of reading a file with iostream. Just follow my comments to understand.

Good luck, sometimes newlines and spaces can mess you up, you may need to utilize an ignore() or something else.

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream> 
using namespace std;

void evaluateFile(string ins); //Do something with the file contents
void readFile(); //Read the file

int main(){
    readFile();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

void readFile(){
    ifstream input;
    string fileName;
    cout << "What is the full path of file to be read" << endl;
    getline(cin, fileName); //Prompt user for filename, needs to be the fill path
    input.open(fileName); //Open thhe file
    if (input.fail()){ //Fail case
        cout << "Sorry, cannot open file. Quitting now." << endl;
        exit(0);
    }
    while(!input.eof()){ //Read file until the end of file is reached
        string line;
        getline(input, line);
        evaluateFile(line);
    }
    input.close();
}

void evaluateFile(string line){
    cout << line << endl;
    //DO SOMETHING WITH THE FILE INPUT
}