Filepointer

WHAT IS FILE POINTER USED FOR??

char * FileName = "input.dat";

inFile.open(FileName);

if(!inFile)
{
cout<<"Sorry cannot open file"
exit(0);
}

why is this unacceptable
ifstream readme;

char ch;
char newch;

readme.open("output.dat");
if (!readme) {
//Unable to open file for output( eg, readonly, no disk space)
cerr<<"Unable to open file\n";
exit(0);

Do the files you are trying to read exist? Hint: use code tags.

I dont really see whats unaccpetable here...

I think I know the problem. You use ofstream to write a file not ifstream.

What do you mean by unacceptable, are you having a compiler error, or runtime error or what?