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By using an if statement how could i get a character to detect end-of-file.

i was thinking something like this:

char a = '\0';
int count = 0;

if(a == EOF)
{
    count++;
}//endif

but it doesn't seem to detect the end-of-file. Any idea would be appreciated.

Thanks

zingwing

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A character doesn't detect EOF. Reading the file detects EOF.

Based on what little you posted, that's about all we can say.

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Maybe you are confusing EOF with end-of-string NULL terminators? The last character of a standard C or C++ string is '\0', which is called a NULL terminator.

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