Deleting a record from a binary file without using classes

[amoureux]

I'm currently learning how to play around with binary files.

However, the hardest hurdle i came across is deleting a record from the binary files. I read up a lot and many suggested creating a temp file and transfer it back to the original file without the record you want to delete.

Unfortunately, all the examples i stumbled upon uses classes to do that which i have yet to learn / allowed to use them

Hence, i tried to think of a way that deletes a record without the usage of classes.

Firstly, i had to open my current binary file and create a new `temp.dat` file.

    afile.open(fileName, ios::in | ios::binary);
    	
    afile2.open("Temp.dat", ios::out | ios::binary);

Next, i'll have a `while loop` that reads all the information of my `fileName` and an `if-else` statement to see if the selected record `k` can be found before exchanging

    while(afile.read(reinterpret_cast <char*>(&ai), sizeof(ai)))
	{
		if(ai != k) //unclear
			afile2.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&ai), sizeof(ai));
	}

Followed by using the remove and rename function to swap both of them

    remove(fileName);
    rename("Temp.dat", "Menu.dat");

However, it seems to return me an infinite loop