The following code example is taken from the book
The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference
by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
© Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999
#include <string> // for strings
#include <iostream> // for I/O
#include <fstream> // for file I/O
#include <iomanip> // for setw()
#include <cstdlib> // for exit()
using namespace std;
// forward declarations
void writeCharsetToFile (const string& filename);
void outputFile (const string& filename);
int main ()
{
writeCharsetToFile("charset.out");
outputFile("charset.out");
}
void writeCharsetToFile (const string& filename)
{
// open output file
ofstream file(filename.c_str());
// file opened?
if (! file) {
// NO, abort program
cerr << "can't open output file \"" << filename << "\""
<< endl;
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// write character set
for (int i=32; i<256; i++) {
file << "value: " << setw(3) << i << " "
<< "char: " << static_cast<char>(i) << endl;
}
} // closes file automatically
void outputFile (const string& filename)
{
// open input file
ifstream file(filename.c_str());
// file opened?
if (! file) {
// NO, abort program
cerr << "can't open input file \"" << filename << "\""
<< endl;
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// copy file contents to cout
char c;
while (file.get(c)) {
cout.put(c);
}
} // closes file automatically