std::basic_ios::eof

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bool eof() const;

Returns true if the associated stream has reached end-of-file. Specifically, returns true if eofbit is set in rdstate().

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[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

true if an end-of-file has occurred, false otherwise.

[edit] Notes

This function only reports the stream state as set by the most recent I/O operation, it does not examine the associated data source. For example, if the most recent I/O was a get(), which returned the last byte of a file, eof() returns false. The next get() fails to read anything and sets the eofbit. Only then eof() returns true.

In typical usage, input stream processing stops on any error; eof() and fail() are then used to distinguish between different error conditions.

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
int main()
{
    std::ifstream file("test.txt");
    if(!file)  // operator! is used here
    {  
        std::cout << "File opening failed\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
    // typical C++ I/O loop uses the return value of the I/O function
    // as the loop controlling condition, operator bool() is used here
    for(int n; file >> n; ) {
       std::cout << n << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
 
    if (file.bad())
        std::cout << "I/O error while reading\n";
    else if (file.eof())
        std::cout << "End of file reached successfully\n";
    else if (file.fail())
        std::cout << "Non-integer data encountered\n";
}


[edit] See also

ios_base::iostate flags basic_ios accessors
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true true true false true true true false true
checks for the end-of-file
(function)