Thread: "end of file" in Windows

Hi, I've been reading B. Stroustrup's FAQ and found
How do I write this very simple program?

What is interesting is this sentece:

The program ends reading input when it sees "end of file". If you run the program from the keybord on a Unix machine "end of file" is Ctrl-D. If you are on a Windows machine that because of a bug doesn't recognize an end-of-file character, you might prefer this slightly more complicated version of the program that terminates input with the word "end":

I test it on my Dev-Cpp compiler with this code

Code:

        #include<iostream>
	#include<vector>
	#include<algorithm>
	using namespace std;

	int main()
	{
		vector<double> v;

		double d;
		while(cin>>d) v.push_back(d);	// read elements
		if (!cin.eof()) {		// check if input failed
			cerr << "format error\n";
			return 1;	// error return
		}
		if(cin.eof())
		{
                     cout<<endl<<"Test is OK"<<endl;
                }

		cout << "read " << v.size() << " elements\n";

		reverse(v.begin(),v.end());
		cout << "elements in reverse order:\n";
		for (int i = 0; i<v.size(); ++i) cout << v[i] << '\n';

		return 0; // success return
	}

And after entering Ctrl-Z I saw line "Test is OK".
Can you comment this?
I'd like to read your opinion on this.

Cheers!

Micko

There have been a large number of different compilers for windows machines, some of which are less buggy than others.

Originally Posted by Salem

There have been a large number of different compilers for windows machines, some of which are less buggy than others.

Ok, so under Windows Ctrl-Z means end of file and I can assume this when working with MSVC++ .net and Dev-Cpp?

Yes.

Ok, thanks Salem, always very reliable!