Thread: Read file

I was about to start building a program, but then I realised I didn't know how to read files. In this case I would have the path of the file and want to echo it into console.
What is the comand?

I've managed to shorten what I need to know. Looking at this from the tutorial, I have most of what I need.

Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  char str[10];

  //Creates an instance of ofstream, and opens example.txt
  ofstream a_file ( "example.txt" );
  // Outputs to example.txt through a_file
  a_file<<"This text will now be inside of example.txt";
  // Close the file stream explicitly
  a_file.close();
  //Opens for reading the file
  ifstream b_file ( "example.txt" );
  //Reads one string from the file
  b_file>> str;
  //Should output 'this'
  cout<< str <<"\n";
  cin.get();    // wait for a keypress
  // b_file is closed implicitly here
}

However, I want to output a paragraph, meaning more than one string. Perhaps using for loops?

Sure, you can do something like.

Code:

while (b_file >> str)
{
   cout << str << endl;
}

Thank you, I've gotten even closer now.

Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  char str[10];

  //Opens for reading the file
  ifstream b_file ( "example" );
  //Reads strings sequentialy
  while (b_file >> str)
{
  cout << str << endl;
}
  //Should output all contents
  cout<< str <<"\n";
  cin.get();    // wait for a keypress
  // b_file is closed implicitly here
}

The only thing left to solve is that every word shows as a new line. How can I make it only start a new line when the file does?

getline - C++ Reference

Thats what you want most likely.