Exam 8: Io Streams and Data Files

In C and C++, the ___________________ sentinel is never counted as part of the file.

To understand file access types, first you need to understand how data is ____________________ in a file.

The ____ method breaks the connection between the file s external name and the file stream object.

The ___________________() method returns a false value if the file was opened successfully.

You must check that the ____ method established a connection between a file stream and an external file successfully because this type of call is a request to the OS that can fail for various reasons.

All input streams have a ____ function for putting back the last character read from an input stream back on the stream.

The term ____ refers to the way data is stored in a file.

The standard error stream is represented by ____ in C and C++.

You must specify a C-string s maximum length in brackets immediately after it s declared.

In addition to the get() method, all input streams have a set() method for putting the last character read from an input stream back on the stream.

A ____ is a collection of data stored together under a common name, usually on a disk, magnetic tape, USB drive, or CD/DVD.

Input file stream objects are declared to be of type ____.

A file is a collection of data stored together under a common name, usually on a disk.

Each file has a unique filename, referred to as the file s ____.

The Excel program adds the ____ extension automatically to all spreadsheet files.

Long filenames should be avoided because they take more time to type and can result in typing errors.

Reading data from a(n) ___________________-based file is almost identical to reading data from a standard keyboard.

There are two types of file access: sequential access and ____________________ access.

In using ifstream and ofstream objects, the input or output mode is indicated by the ____________________.

A file stream that sends or writes data to a file is an ____.