Week 5 - File I/O & Formatting

Learning Objectives

Upon finishing this learning module, you should be able to:

• Read and write text-based files
• Format stream output

Midterm

Recommended Schedule

Day 1

• IO Formatting
• File IO and Streams

Day 2

• Working directory
• Text parsing & String streams
• Check out assignment

Day 3

• Midterm Review

Day 4

• Take midterm or start in on week 6 material
• Review for and take Quiz 2

I/O Formatting

Read Ch 4.10 on I/O formatting. This video explains the basics:

FileIO

Read Ch 13.1-13.3 on Reading and Writing Files. These videos introduce file writing and reading:

Working Directory

The working directory controls where your program will read and write files from. It is NOT always the same as the directory your program is in! Learn more about it in this video:

Text Parsing

Read 10.2.11 and 10.2.12 about strings streams and watch this quick video:

Then read Ch 13.4 on getline and then watch this video on when and how to use getline and when to use >>:

Midterm Review

Look in the Files area of Elearn for the Practice Midterm. Practice doing it with pen and paper - you will not be able to use VSCode for the midterm!

If you are planning on taking the midterm next week, you should start in on the first day of week 6 this week. Saving all of week 6 and the midterm to next week will make for an awful week 6.