Moving text file contents into a std::string

[Dave]

Hello all,

The scheme shown below to move a text file's contents into a std::string
works with one exception: it drops the carriage return and line feed
characters. How may I, in a Standard-compliant way, read in a text file's
contents and keep the carriage returns and line feeds?

Thanks,
Dave

#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

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int main()
{
string file_contents;
ifstream file_stream("test_1.txt");

copy(
istream_iterator<char>(file_stream),
istream_iterator<char>(),
back_inserter(file_contents)
);

cout << file_contents << endl;
} // main

 

[Alan Johnson]

Hello all,

The scheme shown below to move a text file's contents into a std::string
works with one exception: it drops the carriage return and line feed
characters. How may I, in a Standard-compliant way, read in a text file's
contents and keep the carriage returns and line feeds?

Thanks,
Dave

#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

//
****************************************************************************
*
//
****************************************************************************
*
//
****************************************************************************
*
int main()
{
string file_contents;
ifstream file_stream("test_1.txt");

copy(
istream_iterator<char>(file_stream),
istream_iterator<char>(),
back_inserter(file_contents)
);

cout << file_contents << endl;
} // main

Use the following to deactivate skipping whitespace:

file_stream.setf(0, ios::skipws) ;


I wouldn't expect that one would need to do this. But it seems it is
necessary in my implementation as well. Anyone have any comments about
what the standard says about this?

Alan

 

[David Harmon]

characters. How may I, in a Standard-compliant way, read in a text file's
contents and keep the carriage returns and line feeds?

Maybe enough to get you going:
file_stream.unsetf(ios::skipws);

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[Jerry Coffin]

Hello all,

The scheme shown below to move a text file's contents into a std::string
works with one exception: it drops the carriage return and line feed
characters. How may I, in a Standard-compliant way, read in a text file's
contents and keep the carriage returns and line feeds?

int main()
{
std::string file_contents;
std::ifstream file_stream("test_1.txt");

std:stringstream temp;
temp << file_stream.rdbuf();

file_contents = temp.str();
std::cout << file_contents << std::endl;
return 0;
}

This also has the bonus that it's usually quite a bit faster.

 

[Siemel Naran]

The scheme shown below to move a text file's contents into a std::string
works with one exception: it drops the carriage return and line feed
characters. How may I, in a Standard-compliant way, read in a text file's
contents and keep the carriage returns and line feeds?

string file_contents;
ifstream file_stream("test_1.txt");

copy(
istream_iterator<char>(file_stream),
istream_iterator<char>(),
back_inserter(file_contents)
);

Does opening the file in binary mode fix it?

ifstream file_stream("test_1.txt", ios::binary);