Reading from a file and displaying it backwards - c++

Question

I'm trying to write a program to read from a file and display the text backwards. - My loop backward loop is not working. Any suggestions?
- Also if I'm reading a file that only contain floats integers or floats, how would I display them all as float?
Thanks,
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
void seeReverseText(char fileName[])
{
ifstream fin(fileName);
if (fin.fail())
{
cout << "Error opening file " << fileName << endl;
return;
}
cout.setf(ios::showpoint);
cout.precision(2);
cout.setf(ios::fixed);
int i = 0;
cout << "New order:\n";
while (!fin.eof())
{
// this is what I was trying to do
// i++;
// for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
// fin >> fileName[i];
// cout << "' " << fileName[i] << "'";
fin >> fileName;
cout << fileName << endl;
}
fin.close();
}
int main()
{
char fileName[256];
cout << "Enter the filename: ";
cin >> fileName;
seeReverseText(fileName);
return 0;
}

Answer 1

Try something more like this instead:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
void seeReverseText(const std::string &fileName)
{
std::ifstream fin(fileName);
if (!fin)
{
std::cout << "Error opening file " << fileName << std::endl;
return;
}
std::cout.setf(std::ios::showpoint);
std::cout.precision(2);
std::cout.setf(std::ios::fixed);
std::cout << "New order:\n";
std::string line;
while (std::getline(fin, line))
{
std::reverse(line.begin(), line.end());
std::cout << line << std::endl;
}
}
int main()
{
std::string fileName;
std::cout << "Enter the filename: ";
if (std::cin >> fileName)
seeReverseText(fileName);
return 0;
}