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Pranjal Rai
Pranjal Rai

Reputation: 11

Unable to write into text file using ios:ate in c++

I am using Visual Studio 2017 to practice C++, I have had some experience of C++ on TurboC++. Trying to create a program that reads and writes from file, I am having trouble when I use the "ios::Ate" while opening the file.

file.open("text.txt", ios::ate);

My code is as follows.

#include "pch.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    fstream file;
    file.open("text.txt", ios::ate);

    char a;

    while(1){
        cin.get(a);
        if (a != '0')
            file << a;
        else break;
    }

    file.close();
}

When I run this program, is runs without errors but when I open the file it is empty.

I have tried using ios::out and it works fine but I do not want to truncate the file every time I want to write into it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 614

Answers (1)

RamblinRose
RamblinRose

Reputation: 4963

You code assumes the file exists. you're not specifying an i/o direction, and you should always check whether an operation, e.g. file.open, succeeds.

int main()
{
    fstream file;

// open or create file if it doesn't exist, append.
    file.open("text.txt", fstream::out | fstream::app);

// did the file open?
    if (file.is_open()) {
        char a;

        while (1) {
            cin.get(a);
            if (a != '0')
                file << a;
            else break;
        }

        file.close();
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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