help with saving and reading from file

[nano511]

Here is psuedo code of what im trying to do

if file highscore.txt does not exist
   create file highscore.txt
   write highscore in highscore.txt

   if score > highscore
      remove all text in highscore.txt
      write score in highscore.txt
else//it does exist
   if score > highscore
      remove all text in highscore.txt
      write score in highscore.txt

i am very confused with the methods and when to use ofstream and ifstream.

[jlb]

I suggest you start with the following tutorial:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/