Thread: File stream function problem

Hi newbie here having a problem at R/T with the following function. It is giving me a application error when the program is run, but compiles just fine.

Function call:

Code:

student::readfile(filename, ctr, ARRAY);

Function:

Code:

void student::readfile(string file, int &ctr, student* arr[])
{
	ifstream in(file.c_str(), ios::binary);
	if(!in)
	{
		throw studentX("No file");
	}
	for(int i=0; i<ctr; i++)
	{
		in.read((char*)arr[i], sizeof(student));
	}
}

Thanks in advance for any ad all help.

:-) James

Try using this call instead

Code:

student::readfile(filename, &ctr, ARRAY);

Thanks, i tried that but got an error while compiling. But i don't think i would want to use reference in this case. I am reading info in from the file and then contiuning to add to an array.

James