std::basic_ifstream::is_open

 

C++

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std::basic_ifstream

Member functions

basic_ifstream::basic_ifstream

basic_ifstream::operator= (C++11)

basic_ifstream::swap (C++11)

basic_ifstream::rdbuf

File operations

basic_ifstream::is_open

basic_ifstream::open

basic_ifstream::close

Non-member functions

basic_ifstream::swap(std::basic_ifstream) (C++11)

 

bool is_open();		(until C++11)
bool is_open() const;		(since C++11)

Checks if the file stream has an associated file.

Effectively calls rdbuf()->is_open().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if the file stream has an associated file, false otherwise

Example

Run this code

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
//this file is called main.cpp
 
bool file_exists(const std::string& str)
{
   std::ifstream fs(str);
   return fs.is_open();
}
 
int main()
{
  std::boolalpha(std::cout);
  std::cout << file_exists("main.cpp")  << '\n'
            << file_exists("strange_file") << '\n';
}

Possible output:

true
false

See also

open	opens a file and associates it with the stream (public member function)
close	closes the associated file (public member function)