hi new ; dear
there is nothing such that you can only open .txt .
c++ laguage provide us the facility to open a file in any extention.
but the matter is you are using the right parametters
and it also that if u open the file in binary the it also read in binary and
vice versa;
Joe Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
>
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>
>
Aswin;
The ability to open, read from, write to, and append to files is far
more important than probably what you have been exposed to with your
experience in programming. The extension of ".c" to the name of any
file means that the file represents a C source code file. The extension
of ".cpp" to the name of any file means that the file represents a C++
source code file.
The primary concern that you should have is whether the file is a text
file or a binary file. There is a vast difference in the data layout of
each. But initially, work with text files to gain the fundamental
experience. You develop you skill based upon your experience and being
able to correct your mistakes. This is especially true with the C language.
Best of luck!!!
Kocmotex
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