binary write

Bjarne Stroustrup “Programming Principles and Practice Using C++”
Chapter 11 Exercise 9 Write
Using std_lib_facilities.h by Bjarne Stroustrup.

[code language=”cpp”]
// Philipp Siedler
// Bjarne Stroustrup’s PPP
// Chapter 11 Exercise 9 Write

#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

int main()
try
{
//open an istream for binary input from a file:
cout << "Please enter input file name\n";
string iname = "output/";
string in;
cin >> in;
iname += in;
ifstream ifs{ iname }; //note: stream mode
//binary tells the stream not to try anything clever with the bytes

if (!ifs) error("can’t open input file", iname);

//open an ostream for binary output to a file:
cout << "Please enter output file name\n";
string oname = "output/";
string on;
cin >> on;
oname += on;
ofstream ofs{ oname }; //note: stream mode
//binary tells the stream not to try anything clever with the bytes

vector<int> v;
for (int x; ifs >> x;) { //note: reading bytes
v.push_back(x);
}

for (int x : v) { //char x : v
ofs.write(as_bytes(x), sizeof(int)); //note: writing bytes
}

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

Output:
Please enter input file name
p409_9_read_out.txt
Please enter output file name
p409_9_write_out.txt
Please enter a character to exit
Input-File: p409_9_read_out.txt
1684955424
544174880
1948283753
Output-File: p409_9_write_out.txt
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