Re: while(!FP.eof()) is reading the last data point of the file twice

From:
red floyd <no.spam@here.dude>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:35:29 GMT
Message-ID:
<BjDcj.32681$JD.29218@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>
Sachin wrote:

On Dec 26, 8:22 am, red floyd <no.s...@here.dude> wrote:

ramana wrote:

I'm wondering if someone could point me to the flaw in the following
code that uses the while(!FP.eof()) condition to read the input data.
This condition is reading the last data point of the file twice.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
 double x;
 ifstream FP("test.d");
 //while(!FP.eof()){FP >> x; cout << x << endl;} // This reads the
last data point of test.d twice
 while(FP >> x){cout<< x << endl;} // This doesn't.
 return 0;
}

This is a FAQ, 15.5http://parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.5

Essentially, C++ doesn't return true until *after* you've read EOF. So
you hit EOF. The subsequent read doesn't change your data, so you get
it twice. Then testing EOF indicates eof.

The FAQ is more eloquent than I am.- Hide quoted text -

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I think main reason for the above mentioned behaviour is you might be
having SPACE or END OF LINE character at the end of the file.


No, it's because the stream doesn't know it's at EOF until it's actually
 *hit* the end of file. READ THE FAQ!!!!!

http://parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/input-output.html#faq-15.5

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