Reading in 4 bytes at a time

Question

I have a big file full of integers that I\'m loading in. I\'ve just started using C++, and I\'m trying out the filestream stuff. From everything I\'ve read, it appears I c

Answer 1

To read a single integer, pass in the address of the integer to the read function and ensure you only read sizeof int bytes.

int myint;

//...

fstr.read(reinterpret_cast(&myint), sizeof(int));

You may also need to open the file in binary mode

fstr.open("table.dat", std::ios::binary);