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Learning Objectives: C++ I/O Streams. Reading and Writing Sequential Files. Reading and Writing Random Access Files

This document discusses C++ file processing and input/output streams. It covers reading from and writing to both sequential and random access files in C++. Several code examples are provided that demonstrate opening, reading from, writing to, and closing files using file streams in C++. The limitations of sequential files for updating and random access are also discussed.

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Learning Objectives: C++ I/O Streams. Reading and Writing Sequential Files. Reading and Writing Random Access Files

This document discusses C++ file processing and input/output streams. It covers reading from and writing to both sequential and random access files in C++. Several code examples are provided that demonstrate opening, reading from, writing to, and closing files using file streams in C++. The limitations of sequential files for updating and random access are also discussed.

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CPSC 231 D.H.

C++ File
Processing
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Learning Objectives
C++ I/O streams.
Reading and writing sequential files.
Reading and writing random access files.
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C++ Files and Streams
C++ views each files as a sequence of bytes.
Each file ends with an end-of-file marker.
When a file is opened, an object is created
and a stream is associated with the object.
To perform file processing in C++, the
header files <iostream.h> and <fstream.h>
must be included.
<fstream.> includes <ifstream> and
<ofstream>
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Creating a sequential file
// Fig. 14.4: fig14_04.cpp D&D p.708
// Create a sequential file
#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
// ofstream constructor opens file
ofstream outClientFile( "clients.dat", ios::out );

if ( !outClientFile ) { // overloaded ! operator
cerr << "File could not be opened" << endl;
exit( 1 ); // prototype in stdlib.h
}
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Sequential file
cout << "Enter the account, name, and balance.\n"
<< "Enter end-of-file to end input.\n? ";
int account;
char name[ 30 ];
float balance;

while ( cin >> account >> name >> balance ) {
outClientFile << account << ' ' << name
<< ' ' << balance << '\n';
cout << "? ";
}

return 0; // ofstream destructor closes file
}
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Question.
What does the above program do?
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How to open a file in C++ ?

Ofstream outClientFile(clients.dat, ios:out)
OR
Ofstream outClientFile;
outClientFile.open(clients.dat, ios:out)

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File Open Modes
ios:: app - (append) write all output to the end of
file
ios:: ate - data can be written anywhere in the file
ios:: binary - read/write data in binary format
ios:: in - (input) open a file for input
ios::out - (output) open afile for output
ios: trunc -(truncate) discard the files contents if
it exists
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File Open Modes cont.

ios:nocreate - if the file does NOT exists, the
open operation fails
ios:noreplace - if the file exists, the open
operation fails
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How to close a file in C++?
The file is closed implicitly when a
destructor for the corresponding object is
called
OR
by using member function close:
outClientFile.close();
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Reading and printing a
sequential file
// Reading and printing a sequential file
#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void outputLine( int, const char *, double );
int main()
{
// ifstream constructor opens the file
ifstream inClientFile( "clients.dat", ios::in );

if ( !inClientFile ) {
cerr << "File could not be opened\n";
exit( 1 );
}
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int account;
char name[ 30 ];
double balance;

cout << setiosflags( ios::left ) << setw( 10 ) << "Account"
<< setw( 13 ) << "Name" << "Balance\n";

while ( inClientFile >> account >> name >> balance )
outputLine( account, name, balance );

return 0; // ifstream destructor closes the file
}

void outputLine( int acct, const char *name, double bal )
{
cout << setiosflags( ios::left ) << setw( 10 ) << acct
<< setw( 13 ) << name << setw( 7 ) << setprecision( 2 )
<< resetiosflags( ios::left )
<< setiosflags( ios::fixed | ios::showpoint )
<< bal << '\n';
}



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File position pointer
<istream> and <ostream> classes provide
member functions for repositioning the file
pointer (the byte number of the next byte in the
file to be read or to be written.)
These member functions are:
seekg (seek get) for istream class
seekp (seek put) for ostream class
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Examples of moving a file
pointer
inClientFile.seekg(0) - repositions the file get pointer to the
beginning of the file
inClientFile.seekg(n, ios:beg) - repositions the file get
pointer to the n-th byte of the file
inClientFile.seekg(m, ios:end) -repositions the file get
pointer to the m-th byte from the end
of file
nClientFile.seekg(0, ios:end) - repositions the file get
pointer to the end of the file
The same operations can be performed with <ostream>
function member seekp.

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Member functions tellg() and
tellp().
Member functions tellg and tellp are provided
to return the current locations of the get and put
pointers, respectively.
long location = inClientFile.tellg();
To move the pointer relative to the current
location use ios:cur
inClientFile.seekg(n, ios:cur) - moves the file
get pointer n bytes forward.

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Updating a sequential file
Data that is formatted and written to a
sequential file cannot be modified
easily without the risk of destroying
other data in the file.
If we want to modify a record of data,
the new data may be longer than the
old one and it could overwrite parts of
the record following it.

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Problems with sequential files
Sequential files are inappropriate for so-
called instant access applications in
which a particular record of information
must be located immediately.
These applications include banking
systems, point-of-sale systems, airline
reservation systems, (or any data-base
system.)

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