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Lecture 10

The document discusses file handling in C++. It explains what files and streams are and compares main memory and secondary storage. It also discusses opening, reading from, and writing to files in C++ using file streams and provides examples of reading from and writing to text files.

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Lecture 10

The document discusses file handling in C++. It explains what files and streams are and compares main memory and secondary storage. It also discusses opening, reading from, and writing to files in C++ using file streams and provides examples of reading from and writing to text files.

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File Handling in C++

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Beenish Urooj
Files (Streams)

• Files are used to store data in a relatively permanent form, on


floppy disk, hard disk, tape or other form of secondary storage.
Files can hold huge amounts of data if need be.
• Ordinary variables (even records and arrays) are kept in main
memory which is temporary and rather limited in size. The
following is a comparison of the two types of storage.
Type of Storage

Main memory Secondary memory


• Made up of RAM chips. • Usually a disk drive (or magnetic tape).
• Used to hold a program when it is • Used to hold files (where a file can
running, including the values of its
contain data, a program, text, etc.)
variables (whether integer, char, an array,
etc.) • Can hold rather large amounts of data.
• Can only hold relatively small amounts • Is permanent. (A file remains even if
of data. the power goes out. It will last until
• Is temporary (as soon as the program is you erase it, as long as the disk isn't
done, or the power goes out all these damaged, at least.)
values are gone).
• Access to the data is considerably
• Gives fast access to the data (all slower (due to moving parts).
electronic).
Data File Handling In C++

• File: The information / data stored under a specific name on a storage device, is called a
file.
• Stream: It refers to a sequence of bytes.
• Text file: It is a file that stores information in ASCII characters. In text files, each line
of text is terminated with a special character known as EOL (End of Line) character or
delimiter character. When this EOL character is read or written, certain internal
translations take place.
• Binary file: It is a file that contains information in the same format as it is held in
memory. In binary files, no delimiters are used for a line and no translations occur here.
C++ Streams

• A Stream is a general name given to flow of data.


• Differentstreams are used to represent different kinds of
data flow.
• Each stream is associated with a particular class, which
contains member functions and definitions for dealing
with that kind of data flow.
File Handling in C++

• File Handling concept in C++ language is used for store a data permanently in
computer. Using file handling we can store our data in Secondary memory
(Hard disk).

Why use File Handling


 Memory is volatile
 Any data that you key in by keyboard while a program is
running is also volatile
 For permanent storage.
 The transfer of input - data or output - data from one computer
to another can be easily done by using files.
Header File for File Handling
• So far, we have been using the iostream standard library, which
provides cin and cout methods for reading from standard input
and writing to standard output respectively.
• This tutorial will teach you how to read and write from a file. This
requires another standard C++ library called fstream, which
defines three new data types:
Header File for File Handling

• Input File Stream #include<ifstream>

• Output file stream #include<ofstream>

• Both (Input & Output) #include<fstream>


File Handling in C++
How to Achieve File Handling

• Create a Handler Object


• Naming a file
• Opening a file
• Reading data from file
• Writing data into file
• Closing a file
Functions use in File Handling
File Opening Mode

• The default value for fstream mode parameter is in |


out. It means that file is opened for reading and writing
when you use fstream class.
• When you use ofstream class, default value for mode is
out and the default value for ifstream class is in.
File Handling in C++

We can read data from file and write data to file in three
ways.
• Reading
or writing characters using get() and put()
member functions.
• Reading or writing formatted I/O using insertion
operator (<<) and extraction operator ( >> ).
• Reading
or writing object using read() and write()
member functions.
Example
This creates an object of ifstream class named input to read data from a file.

This creates a string variable


named str to hold the data read
from the file.

If the file was successfully opened,


Example 2 Save this file as Test
sfully opened, this
file line by line using
of the ifstream class.
he file and stores it in
n it prints the line to
by a newline
ontinues until the
hed.
// read the next three
whitespace-separated strings
from the file into name, age,
and sub
Retrieving Information from a file
Retrieving Information from a file
seekg is used to set the position of the file pointer for input operations.
seekp is used to set the position of the file pointer for output operations.

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