Thread: How would I be able to do this?

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    How would I be able to do this?

    HI, I am a noob, and I was just wondering if there was a way to take a text in the same directory as the project files/exe.. And print it in a console window...
    For example)
    I have a text file name text.txt
    Text.txt has the words "hello world"


    how could I make the program grab that text.txt files characters "hello world" and print it in the console window?

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    The larch
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    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main(void)
    {
        int n;
        while ((n = getchar()) != EOF) {
            putchar(n);
        }
        return 0;
    }
    This is how I would do it, and this is how I would run the program (on Windows):

    Code:
    myprogram < Text.txt


    But I suppose you'd have to do it with file operations. You might start with I/O functions, particularly with fopen.
    I might be wrong.

    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
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    Or working on it anyways mramazing's Avatar
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    You should read the tutorial on this site for file i/o. That will have everything you need.
    -- Will you show me how to c++?

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