Re: [Arianne-general] [C/C++]reading file

[Ulrich E. <Doo...@kn...>]

> I want to read a line, actually, but not the 'next' line, but
> the 'previous' line; so my idea is to read a potion of file,
> and search for line-break char, and so and so....,
> but I can't find a good function to read some 256 bytes
> to a buffer, regardless of spaces or line-break chars...
> ( do I need to read char by char ?)
> 
//untested code, no warranty
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
// omitting 'std::' for clarity

// open the file
ifstream in;
in.open("file.txt");
// read a line :)
string line;
getline(in, line);


uli