ifstream::is_open - C++ Reference
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1 // ifstream::is_open 2 #include// std::cout 3 #include // std::ifstream 4 5 int main () { 6 std::ifstream ifs ("test.txt"); 7 8 if (ifs.is_open()) { 9 // print file:10 char c = ifs.get();11 while (ifs.good()) {12 std::cout << c;13 c = ifs.get();14 }15 }16 else {17 // show message:18 std::cout << "Error opening file";19 }20 21 return 0;22 }