concatenating files containing whitespace-separated words

Bjarne Stroustrup “Programming Principles and Practice Using C++”
Chapter 10 Exercise 9
Using std_lib_facilities.h by Bjarne Stroustrup.

[code language=”cpp”]
// Philipp Siedler
// Bjarne Stroustrup’s PPP
// Chapter 10 Exercise 9

#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

void read_file(string& _input, ofstream& _ost) {
ifstream ist{ _input };
string result;
if (!ist) error("can’t open input file ", _input);
ist.exceptions(ist.exceptions() | ios_base::badbit);
ist >> result;

while (true) {
_ost << result << endl;
if (ist.eof()) {
break;
}
else {
ist >> result;
}
}
}

void write_file(string& _output, string& _input_1, string& _input_2) {
ofstream ost{ _output };
if (!ost) error("can’t open output file", _output);

read_file(_input_1, ost);
read_file(_input_2, ost);
}

void calculate() {
string input_1 = "input/ch10_9_input_1.txt";
string input_2 = "input/ch10_9_input_2.txt";
string output = "output/ch10_9_output_1+2.txt";

cout << "Combining files " << input_1 << " & " << input_2 << "…";
write_file(output, input_1, input_2);
cout << " Done!" << endl;
cout << output << " successfully written." << endl;
}

int main()
try
{
calculate();

keep_window_open();
}
catch (runtime_error e) {
cout << e.what() << endl;
keep_window_open();
}
catch (…) {
cout << "Exiting" << endl;
keep_window_open();
}
[/code]

Output:
Combining files input/ch10_9_input_1.txt & input/ch10_9_input_2.txt... Done!
output/ch10_9_output_1+2.txt successfully written.
Please enter a character to exit
Input-File 1: ch10_9_input_1.txt
this is a test
Input-File 2: ch10_9_input_2.txt
 and so is this
Output-File: ch10_9_output_1+2.txt
this
is
a
test
and
so
is
this

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