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    Passing fstream object to function

    Hello.
    I want my function to take 'fstream' object as an input, so the program looks like this:
    Code:
    #include <fstream>
    using namespace std;
    
    void test(fstream a){
        a.open("test2.txt");
        a << "123" << endl;
        a.close();
    }
    
    
    int main(){
        fstream a;
        test(a);
        return 0;
    }
    But I get the following error: 'std::ios_base::ios_base(const std::ios_base&)' is private|
    Please help to make it work.

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    Re: Passing fstream object to function

    Code:
    #include <fstream>
    using namespace std;
    
    void test(fstream& a){
        a.open("test2.txt");
        a << "123" << endl;
        a.close();
    }
    
    
    int main(){
        fstream a;
        test(a);
        return 0;
    }
    pass fstream by ref rather than value. You can't pass a stream by value.
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    Re: Passing fstream object to function

    Thanks, it can be compiled now, but expected .txt file is not created. Where is a catch?

    Never mind. It must be written ofstream. Thanks again.
    Last edited by ted_kingdom; July 6th, 2013 at 04:12 PM.

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    Re: Passing fstream object to function

    Quote Originally Posted by ted_kingdom View Post
    Thanks, it can be compiled now, but expected .txt file is not created. Where is a catch?

    Never mind. It must be written ofstream. Thanks again.
    There is no catch. You are trying to open test2.txt. If the file does not exist, then the file is not created but an error occurs. You are not checking that the file opens successfully before writing to it.

    Code:
    void test(fstream& a){
    	a.open("test2.txt");
    	if (a.is_open()) {
    		a << "123" << endl;
    		a.close();
    	} else {
    		cout << "Cannot open test2.txt\n";
    	}
    }
    If you always want the file to be created if it does not exist, then use

    Code:
    a.open("test2.txt", fstream::out);
    Note that in both cases, the existing contents (if any) of the file will be overwriten.
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