[Dev-C++] Re: Execution Error !?

[Vince P. <Vin...@en...>]

Preamble

Hello I'm  learning C++ and following examples in a text I found a good =
book on the web. This is a Chapter 9 exercise (of 30 + chapters) and up to =
now I have had no problems I could not solve.

I'm not yet familiar with the debugger (perhaps I should be working on =
that).

Problem:

I'm trying to read in a file of data using the following code and data =
file (below):

#include <iostream.h>=20
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fstream.h>=20

int main()
{
   ifstream infile("test.dat", ios::in | ios::nocreate);
   int count =3D0;
  =20
   if (!infile.good()) {
      cout << "Sorry ! Couldn't open the file." << endl;
      exit(1);
   }
  =20
   int pclass;
  =20
   infile >> pclass;
  =20
   while(pclass !=3D -1) {
      count++;
      int a1, a2, a3, a4, a5;
      infile >> a1 >> a2 >> a3 >> a4 >> a5;
      infile >> pclass;
   }
  =20
   cout << "I think there were " << cout=20
        << "records in that file." <<endl;
       =20
   return 0;
}

test.dat:

1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 0 1 1 0 0 1
1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1 0 1 1 1 1 0
1 0 1 0 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 0 0
-1

The code compiles and link with no errors but does not give me any output =
and does not allow any input; simply a console window with a blinking =
curser.
I have the data file in the same directory as the executable.

Oh yes, I'm working under WinNT.

Any assistance/advice towards a solution is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Vince.