hbe02

Im trying to read a char * from an input text file.
the input form the text file is a bitstream of 1's and 0's.
if the size of the bitstream was lets say 50. there would be no problem wiht the code. but if i initialize :
where 10 < 50 . then when the program terminates. an error is generated. im guessing because the computer failed to delete the pointers pointing to the last 40 bits.
how do i avoid this problem if i dont want to give a very large number for initializing the file video.
lets say the bitstream was as big as a megabyte. and i want to read it into video, there is a limit to how big the constant in char[constant] is. so whats is the solution.

Cache

Open the stream in binary mode, and use tellg() to first get the size of the file.

hbe02

were can i read about binary mode, i know nothing about it..?

Twilight

Just google "Binary I/O C++" and there should be a crap load of pages on the subject

DaWei

Google "binary I/O"?? All I/O is binary I/O. It's all a stream of 1s and 0s. Text mode, which is strictly a windows thangy, has to do with adding extra binary characters that you wouldn't normally expect to be added. They play some hob with seek and tell operations. Text is just binary I/O that is expected to be interpreted in some 'different' way, nothing to do with the mode, per se. That is, if it's ASCII, 61 is interpreted as lower-case 'a', rather than decimal 61. 'S'all the same as far as the I/O is concerned, it doesn't know or care. Once you realize this and don't let it buffalo you, you shouldn't have any problems using any of the mechanisms.

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