Read_File — Binary

Reads the contents of a file into a dynamically created character string.

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Interface

#include <codecogs/computing/io/binary/read_file.h>

using namespace Computing::Io::Binary;

char* readFile(FILE* stream)

This function reads the contents of a file into a new, dynamically created, character string of the same length as the file. in the event of an error, this function return a NULL pointer, signalling that no character array was created.

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <codecogs/computing/io/binary/read_file.h>

using namespace Computing::Io::Binary;

int main ()
{
  FILE* stream = fopen("/codecogs/computing/io/binary/read_file.h","rb");
  char* data = readFile(stream);
  printf("\n %s", data);
  fclose(stream);

  return 0;
}

Parameters

stream

A pointer to the file stream

Returns

A dynamically allocated string array, containing the file contents