Using c++, how do you read a file character by character?

I'm using Dev C++ to create a program. I am familiar with fopen(), fscanf() and fprintf(). Using fscanf() i can get values, strings and such, but not white spaces. How can i get the file char by char, including spaces, tabs and new lines?

Using c++, how do you read a file character by character?
fgetc()
Reply:getchar()
Reply:ok, you need to use your fsreams to get the job done.





Ex:





#include %26lt;iostream%26gt;


#include %26lt;fstream%26gt;


#include %26lt;string%26gt;


using namespace std;


int main()


{


string fileline; //the string where the text from the file is being stored





ofstream File ("NewFile.txt"); //opens the file to be read





File.close();


//*opens and close NewFile.txt, we'll be putting our code in between these functions








//*This code will read the file and place it on the screen


//*There is no need to edit this code





ifstream SecondFile ("NewFile.txt");





while(! SecondFile.eof() ) //this while loop gets the text from the file line by line


{


getline(SecondFile, fileline); //get the line and put it in the fileline


cout %26lt;%26lt; fileline %26lt;%26lt; endl; //write the fileline onto the screen


}





SecondFile.close(); //ALWAYS CLOSE THE FILE





system("PAUSE");


}
Reply:Look into cin.getline(), cin.getchar(). Those will allow you to get a line until you hit a specific character (usually the \n, but you can specify which character) and put it into a char variable. It will also grab white space.
Reply:Since you are talking about the c libraries (cstdio in C++, stdio.h in C use the functions you mentioned) you can use fgetc, getc, or fread. You will find them discussed in the Dev-C++documentation and I'll link to the pages on cplusplus.com -but my keyboard is acting up and I'm tired so I don't DARE try to offer an example.





I'd go with fread to minimize the chance of skipping over whitespace characters.
Reply:fgetc()














Look into cin.getline(), cin.getchar(). Those will allow you to get a line until you hit a specific character (usually the \n, but you can specify which character) and put it into a char variable. It will also grab white space.











getchar()