Thread: defaulting ifstream variable to standard input

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    But remember that you're supposed to switch the buffer back before destructing the stream.
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    Quote Originally Posted by risby View Post
    That looks good. I've tried it and it works fine with stdin but fails to read anything from a file. I'll play around with it though, thanks.
    As I had written it, I had the wrong condition on the if statement. It should be if(inputStream).
    It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
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