setting a file position pointer

[JayCee++]

Can you please tell me how I set the pointer in a text file to a particular position?

I want to set it at 150 and tried

 ifstream jcin ( "Players.txt" );
 fseek ( jcin , 150 , SEEK_SET );

But all I get is an error saying:

invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'FILE* {aka _iobuf*}' [-fpermissive]

[laserlight]

You should use seekg. Take care to open the file in binary mode though.

[JayCee++]

Thanks laserlight - easy when you know how isn't it?

[laserlight]

Yeah, it is easy when you know how and where to look things up