help please

[lonewolf1]

i'm trying to read my complete file using eof() but i cant. can anyone tell me where am i making mistake ?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    ofstream myfile;
    myfile.open("file.txt", ios::app);
    int cgpa;
    string name;
    cout<<"Enter name: ";
    cin>>name;
    cout<<"Enter CGPA: ";
    cin>>cgpa;
    myfile<<name<<endl;
    myfile<<cgpa<<endl;
    myfile.close();
    ifstream infile;
    while(!infile.eof())
    {
                        cout<<"\n";
                        infile >> name;
                        infile >> cgpa;       
    }
    infile.close();
    system("PAUSE");
}

[2UD8vCM9]

You created your ifstream object, but you never opened a file with it. After you have

ifstream infile;

add

infile.open("file.txt); 

[ne555]

> ifstream infile;
¿which file are you trying to read?

> using eof()
don't.
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/istream-and-eof.html

> but i cant
¿how do you know that?