Thread: A little help reading from files...

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    A little help reading from files...

    Well, I know how to read from files one string at a time using istream, but how can I read say ... a whole paragraph from a file. To give you an idea of what I'm getting at, let's say I want to write a text adventure, and I want to seperate the text passages into .dat files then read them as whole paragraphs into the game. Of course this can't be done using the simple tutorial version of how to use file streams because strings are truncated at the first whitespace. I don't have code. I'm only looking for theory or useful functions. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it.
    "The mind, like a parachute, only functions when open."

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    Look up using ifstream.read(). It will read more than one line.

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    Thanks for the reply.

    I've found that ifstream.get and .getline serve my purposes better though.

    Still not exactly sure what the big difference with .read is but according to MSDN ifstream.read:
    Extracts bytes from the stream until the limit nCount is reached or until the end of file is reached. The read function is useful for binary stream input.
    ..and I'm not working with binaries so who cares
    "The mind, like a parachute, only functions when open."

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    ...and I'm not working with binaries so who cares
    LOL my 100th post ends with a "who cares" attitude. Great...
    "The mind, like a parachute, only functions when open."

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    Hi!

    For File I/O check out this tutorial:
    http://www.cpp-home.com/FileIO_tutorial.php

    It's great!
    Ilia Yordanov,
    http://www.cpp-home.com ; C++ Resources

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