using ifstream to read a file.

[Hachaso]

Hi! I'm creating a small program that reads from a text file, using ifstream. I'm wondering how I can tell the stream to start reading the file from the beginning? Is this possible or do I have to close the file and reopen it? This is what I'm doing: ifstream file(filename); if(!file.is_open()) { // Error message. } while(!file.eof()) { file.getline(buf, 200); // after comes more code that is not relevant here. } When I do this getline starts reading line by line. So how can I tell it to start from the beginning? Thanks!

[xiaohe521]

but why do you need to read from beginning again I love Programming

[Hachaso]

Well I need to get some more data from the file. Is it possible or not?

[S Senthil Kumar]

You can use the seekg method for that. Something like

ifstream input("C:\\Test.txt");

int txt = 0;
//Read a number
input >> txt;
cout << txt;

// Go back to beginning
input.seekg(0, ios::beg);

// Read the number again.
input >> txt;
cout << txt;

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