Thread: Using inFile to read from TXT yields gibberish

Hello. I'm using the following code to try to just read a few names from a text file (I'm learning C++ from a college book). However, when I run it, the outputFile program makes the names right, but when I read it in, I get gibberish.. like ASCII characters.

I've tried re-starting the computer, and making sure NOTEPAD was the default .TXT document program.

Thanks for any help.

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  ifstream inFile;
  const int SIZE = 81; //Size limit
  char name[SIZE];
  
  inFile.open("demofile.txt");
  cout << "Reading data from the file.\n\n";
  
  inFile >> name;
  cout << name << endl;
  inFile >> name;
  cout << name << endl;
  inFile >> name;
  cout << name << endl;
  inFile >> name;
  cout << name << endl;
  
  inFile.close();
  cout << "\nDone.\n";
  
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

How do you know that the line

Code:

inFile.open("demofile.txt");

succeeds?

A simple:

Code:

if (!inFile)
{
}

Will help a lot.