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# Chaper 8 Sequential-Access Files
## fstream
* ofstream and ifstream is include in fstream
* ofstream: creats and writes files
* ifstream: reads from files

Ex1(Input data to txt):

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
    fstream file;
    file.open("test.txt", ios::out);
    string name, birthday;
    if(!file){
        cerr<<"File could not be open."<<endl; 
        exit(1);    //exit with error
    }
    cout<<"Input the name and birthday(input end-of-file to end the program):";
    while(cin>>name>>birthday){
        outClientFile<<name<<' '<<birthday<<"\n";
        cout<<"Input the name and birthday(input end-of-file to end the program):";
    }
    outClientFile.close();
}

Ex2(Read from txt):

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
    fstream file("test.txt", ios::in);
    string name, birthday;
    if(!file){
        cerr<<"The file cannot be opened.";
        exit(1);
    }
    while(file>>name>>birthday){
        cout<<name<<" "<<birthday<<"\n";
    }
    outClientFile.close();
}

* Reading from a specific line(seekg(), seekp())
Reference:　http://c.biancheng.net/view/1541.html

* name.seekg(0); => reposition the pointer to location 0.
* To read a sequential file again, we need to add name.clear() before the seekg.

* Telling you the current location(tellg(), tellp())