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Introduction
This data type represents the file stream generally, and has the capabilities of both ofstream and ifstream which means it can create files, write information to files, and read information from files.
Definition
Below is definition of std::fstream.
template< class CharT, class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>> class basic_fstream : public std::basic_iostream<CharT, Traits>
Parameters
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charT − Aliased as member char_type.
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traits − Aliased as member traits_type.
Member types
Following member types can be used as parameters or return type by member functions.
Sr.No. | Member types | Definition |
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1 | char | Character Type |
2 | char_traits<char> | traits_type |
3 | int | const value_type |
4 | int | int_type |
5 | streampos | pos_type |
6 | streamoff | off_type |
Functions from <fstream>
Below is list of all methods from <fstream>
Member functions
Sr.No. | Method & description |
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1 | fstream::close
Closes the file currently associated with the object, disassociating it from the stream. |
2 | fstream::is_open
Returns whether the stream is currently associated to a file. |
3 | fstream::open
Opens the file identified by argument filename, associating it with the stream object. |
4 | fstream::operator=
Returns a constant iterator which points to the start of the array. |
5 | fstream::rdbuf
Returns a pointer to the internal filebuf object. |
6 | fstream::swap
Exchanges all internal data between x and *this. |
Non-member overloaded functions
Sr.No. | Method & description |
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1 | swap-free
Exchanges the values of the fstream objects x and y. |
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