Code to read a complete file in a C++ string.

[Mickey]

Now, there is no trick here. I am just looking for different
approaches. You may use C file I/O also but the content should end up
in a c++ string object.

Regards,
Jyoti

[Akhil Bhiwal]

Here is one approach, the simplest and not much appealing:

int main()
{
string str;
char ch;
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen("<filename>","rb"); //Here enter
appropriate filename which you want to read.
ch = fgetc(fp);
do
{
str += ch;
ch = fgetc(fp);
}while(ch != EOF);
cout << str;
return 0;
}

Please comment! For the mean time, looking for better ideas.

[Mickey]

This is what I also came up with but I am satisfied and am thinking if
there can be any better solution.

Two suggestions in your code: 1. always check for the return value of
fopen. 2. What happens in your code when it is a zero byte file?

Regards,
Jyoti

[Mickey]

*not satisfied

[Nilu]

don't know if it is the right way:
http://codepad.org/soG6ITTB

Regards,
Nilesh

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[Nilu]

another way to read a file in a string :

std::string read(const std::string& filename)

{

std::ifstream ifs(filename.c_str());

typedef std::istreambuf_iterator<char> charStreamBuf_iter;

return std::string(charStreamBuf_iter(ifs.rdbuf()), charStreamBuf_iter());