How to Read from a Text File, Character by Character in C++

Question

I was wondering if someone could help me figure out how to read from a text file in C++, character by character. That way, I could have a while loop (while there\'s still te

Answer 1

Here is a c++ stylish function your can use to read files char by char.

void readCharFile(string &filePath) {
    ifstream in(filePath);
    char c;

    if(in.is_open()) {
        while(in.good()) {
            in.get(c);
            // Play with the data
        }
    }

    if(!in.eof() && in.fail())
        cout << "error reading " << filePath << endl;

    in.close();
}