What does fp.seekg(16) do,where fp is a file pointer

[bhawna2285]

What does fp.seekg(16) do,where fp is a file pointer

[Athar]

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/seekg/

[ciphermagi]

I would think that would do nothing. It makes more sense to me to see:
fp->seekg(16)
or
(*fp).seekg(16)