Chapter 16. INPUT, OUTPUT, AND FILES
You will learn about the following in this chapter:
The C++ view of input and output
The iostream family of classes
Redirection
ostream class methods
Formatting output
istream class methods
Stream states
File I/O
Using the ifstream class for input from files
Using the ofstream class for output to files
Using the fstream class file input and output
Command-line processing
Binary files
Random file access
Incore formatting
Discussing C++ input and output (I/O, for short) poses a problem. On the one hand, practically every program uses input and output, and learning how to use them is one of the first tasks facing someone learning a computer language. On the other hand, C++ uses many of its more advanced language features ...
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