Thread: how does this program work

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    how does this program work

    well how would EOF work in this code?



    #include <iostream.h>
    int main()
    {
    char ch;
    int count = 0;
    cin.get(ch);
    while (cin.fail() == false)
    {
    cout<<ch;
    count++;
    cin.get(ch);
    }
    cout<<"\n"<<count<<"characters read\n";
    return 0;

    }

    how does taht get the output of

    u type in anything u want
    it repeats itself once
    keeps this apttern up till u hit ctrl+z

    how does that work


    im more curious tho how does the program no how to terminate at ctrl+z
    hooch

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    EOF has nothing to do with that code. When you type Ctrl+Z that causes cin.fail() to return true.
    That will exit your while loop.

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    how does the program kno to terminate with ctrl+z how does cin.fail() know that or is that jus a command by default for cin.fail?
    hooch

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