C++ Programming: Files and Streams

Overview/Description
To provide the student with the skills required to create C++ programs that use files

Target Audience
Students with knowledge of structured programming techniques

Prerequisites
Some experience of C or another structured programming language

Expected Duration (hours)
2.7

Lesson Objectives

C++ Programming: Files and Streams

give a brief account of streams and devices.

identify the classes used in stream and file processing.

outline how formatting is carried out on I/O streams.

outline the basic C++ program structure used in file processing.

identify how data is transferred to and from a file.

create a C++ program that takes in order details and writes them to a file.

outline how to create a random access file.

outline how to read from and write to a random access file.