Thomas Hruska wrote: > Aswin Rajamannar wrote: >> I'm new to C programming. While working with files, they say we can open and >> read or edit files. I can't understand the whole shit. What files can we >> open? My friend says we can open only text files lik .txt and read it and >> add contents to it. But in a book, i saw that we can open files with >> extension .c and work with them. I don't just want to mug up what the text >> book says and write it in exam and pass. Tell me what a file pointer points >> to and what is the big advantage working with files. At a moment, i thought >> of skipping this section and proceed, but i feel you could prove some help >> to me. >> Regards, >> Aswin > <snip>
I forgot to mention that the examples of manipulating files found in most books are fairly "cheesy". The examples most authors use are hardly reflective of the industry. Uh...now that I mention it, I'm probably guilty of this as well. This is actually a bigger problem than just C/C++ books. Take math for instance. People learn all sorts of concepts and solve all sorts of problems that have absolutely no immediate relation to reality. As such, math is typically the most difficult subject for the average person. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
