Thread: File detection

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    Question File detection

    Is there a way to check file existence. I know it tells you how in the tutorials, but that way doesn't work for me.
    And I am using Visual C++ .net

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    >>Is there a way to check file existence.

    Yes.
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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    Post your code that "doesn't work". Maybe you did something wrong. Anyways, one way to check is to simply open the file in read mode (with no-create), if it works, the file exists, if not, it doesn't
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
    If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]

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    #include <io.h>
    Code:
    if(access(argv[1], 00)) //access returns 0 if the file can be accessed 
    
      {		   //under the specified method (00)
    
        cout<<"File does not exist";  //because it checks file existence
    
        return 0;
    
      }
    that is code from the c tutorial at http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson14.html which I adapted to be used in my program, which the compiler returned the error of access not being a valid function

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    try this .
    Code:
    if (!=infile) // if not equal to name of file (ifstream infile) 
    {
    cerr << "cant open";
    exit (-1);
    }
    // then your code follows
    This checks for errors when opening a file.
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