Thread: write/read list of classes to file

there is a very good reason you are having problems here. Your data is dynamic! the string class is holding a pointer to a char buffer that was dynamically created. You can't just save that pointer out to a file and expect it to work. Try something like adding a Save() function on the Word object. Like this maybe:

Code:

void Word::Save(ofstream &fout)
   {
   fout << str.c_str();
   }

and then for reading back in:

Code:

void Word::Restore(ifstream &fin)
   {
   char tempstr[100];
   fin.read(tempstr,99);
   str = tempstr;
   }