A question about file I/O...
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I am wondering what is the most commonly used method for file input/output for windows based text/binary files? I have seen people use ''FILE'', and I have seen people use fstream. Is there much of a difference between the two in terms of performance/ease of use?
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I don''t know about perfomance but I''d go with fstream for ease of use.
Firstly, who doesn''t know how to use << and >>? What''s more, you can overload the << and >> operators for your classes.
Firstly, who doesn''t know how to use << and >>? What''s more, you can overload the << and >> operators for your classes.
using the standard c funtions is easy as well. i mean who dont know how to use fread()/fwrite()? whats more you can wrap the functions for your use.
Basiclly i would say use fstream if your going to be extracing data into a C++ String..
string temp;
User fread/fwrite if your going to be extracting data into a C Character string
char temp[30];
string temp;
User fread/fwrite if your going to be extracting data into a C Character string
char temp[30];
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Now what about reading in files that are mixed numbers and characters? Does that really change anything?
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