How to append text to a text file in C++?
You need to specify the append open mode like
#include <fstream>
int main() {
std::ofstream outfile;
outfile.open("test.txt", std::ios_base::app); // append instead of overwrite
outfile << "Data";
return 0;
}
You could use an fstream
and open it with the std::ios::app
flag. Have a look at the code below and it should clear your head.
...
fstream f("filename.ext", f.out | f.app);
f << "any";
f << "text";
f << "written";
f << "wll";
f << "be append";
...
You can find more information about the open modes here and about fstreams here.
I use this code. It makes sure that file gets created if it doesn't exist and also adds bit of error checks.
static void appendLineToFile(string filepath, string line)
{
std::ofstream file;
//can't enable exception now because of gcc bug that raises ios_base::failure with useless message
//file.exceptions(file.exceptions() | std::ios::failbit);
file.open(filepath, std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
if (file.fail())
throw std::ios_base::failure(std::strerror(errno));
//make sure write fails with exception if something is wrong
file.exceptions(file.exceptions() | std::ios::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);
file << line << std::endl;
}
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
FILE * pFileTXT;
int counter
int main()
{
pFileTXT = fopen ("aTextFile.txt","a");// use "a" for append, "w" to overwrite, previous content will be deleted
for(counter=0;counter<9;counter++)
fprintf (pFileTXT, "%c", characterarray[counter] );// character array to file
fprintf(pFileTXT,"\n");// newline
for(counter=0;counter<9;counter++)
fprintf (pFileTXT, "%d", digitarray[counter] ); // numerical to file
fprintf(pFileTXT,"A Sentence"); // String to file
fprintf (pFileXML,"%.2x",character); // Printing hex value, 0x31 if character= 1
fclose (pFileTXT); // must close after opening
return 0;
}