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Why is iostream::eof inside a loop condition considered wrong?
The iostream::eof in a loop is considered as wrong because we haven’t reached the EOF. So it does not mean that the next read will succeed.
When we want to read a file using file streams in C++. And when we use a loop to write in a file, if we check the end of file using stream.eof(), we are actually checking whether the file has reached end or not.
Example Code
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
ifstream myFile("myfile.txt");
string x;
while(!myFile.eof()) {
myFile >> x;
// Need to check again if x is valid or eof
if(x) {
// Do something with x
}
}
}When we are using the stream directly in a loop, We will not check the condition again.
Example Code
#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
ifstream myFile("myfile.txt");
string x;
while(myFile >> x) {
// Do something with x
// No checks needed!
}
}
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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