Save and Read struct help? binary file

[VictorN]

like this?

	for(int i = 0; i< 4;i++)
		{	cout << file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&yourCat), sizeof(struct Cat));
			cout << setw(10) << left << yourCat.name << "\t";
			cout << yourCat.age <<endl;
		}

1. What this highlighted "statement" could mean?
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