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The document outlines a lab assignment for a Data Structures and Algorithms course, detailing two main tasks. Task 01 involves writing functions to handle binary file operations for an integer array, while Task 02 requires implementing a Student class with various member functions for file manipulation. Students are instructed to work individually and demonstrate their work to the instructor for credit.

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02 Lab - Binary File Streams

The document outlines a lab assignment for a Data Structures and Algorithms course, detailing two main tasks. Task 01 involves writing functions to handle binary file operations for an integer array, while Task 02 requires implementing a Student class with various member functions for file manipulation. Students are instructed to work individually and demonstrate their work to the instructor for credit.

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Spring 2023 BSF21 (CS/IT)

Data Structures and Algorithms Lab


Lab 02 Marks 05

Instructions
Work in this lab individually. You can use your books, notes, handouts etc. but you are not allowed to borrow anything from your
peer student.
Marking Criteria
Show your work to the instructor before leaving the lab to get some or full credit.

Task 01

Write a function named arrayToFile. The function should accept three arguments: the name of a file, a pointer to an int array, and
the size of the array. The function should open the specified file in binary mode, write the contents of the array to the file using a
single statement without any looping, and then close the file.
Write another function named fileToArray. This function should accept three arguments: the name of a file, a pointer to an int
array, and the size of the array. The function should open the specified file in binary mode, read the required number of elements
based on the size provided as an argument into the array, and then close the file. The function should not display anything.
Demonstrates the working by using the arrayToFile function to write an array to a file, and then using the fileToArray function to
read the data from the same file. After the data is read from the file into the array, display the array contents on the screen in main
function.

Task 02

class Student
{
int id; //store the id of a student
float marks; //store the marks of a student

//overload stream extraction operator to get data of a student from user


friend istream & operator >> (istream &, Student &);

//overload stream insertion operator to display the data of a student


friend ostream & operator << (ostream &, const Student &);

public:
//constructor
Student(int id = 0, float marks = 0.0f);
};

Provide the implementation the following member functions (instance or static) for the Student class;

addStudent – An instance member function which should accept the reference of ofstream as its argument, write the data of left-
hand side object into the file (student.dat) pointed by the ofstream’s object and give confirmation message.

displayAllStudents – A static member function which should accept the reference of ifstream as its argument, display all the
records exist in the file (student.dat) pointed by the ifstream’s object in the proper format otherwise display a proper message if
the file is empty or does not exist.

findStudent – An instance member function which should accept the reference of ifstream as its argument, return true if the file
(student.dat) pointed by the ifstream’s object contains data equals to the left-hand side object or display a proper message if the
student does not exist.

deleteStudent – An instance member function, which should accept the reference of ifstream as its argument, delete the student
exist in the file (student.dat) pointed by ifstream’s object having same information as of the left-hand side object or display a proper
message if the student does not exist.

Implement main function and create/open student.dat file in it. Test the functionality of Student class by creating some of its
objects. Write these objects in student.dat file by making calls to appropriate member functions. Provide a menu through which
the user can add, find, delete, or display the records to/from the file.

☺ ☺ ☺ BEST OF LUCK ☺ ☺ ☺
Umair Babar, FCIT – PU. Lahore. Page 1 of 1

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