Syntax:

    int istream::get();
    istream& istream::get( char& ch );
    istream& istream::get( char* buffer, streamsize num );
    istream& istream::get( char* buffer, streamsize num, char delim );
    istream& istream::get( streambuf& buffer );
    istream& istream::get( streambuf& buffer, char delim );

The get() function is used with input streams, and either:

• reads a character and returns that value,
• reads a character and stores it as ch,
• reads characters into buffer until num - 1 characters have been read, or EOF, or newline encountered, or the delim character encountered (delim is not read until next time),
• or reads characters into buffer until a newline, EOF, or delim character is encountered (again, delim isn't read until the next get() ).

For example, the following code displays the contents of a file called temp.txt, character by character:

     char ch;
     ifstream fin( "temp.txt" );
     while( fin.get(ch) )
       cout << ch;
     fin.close();

Related Topics: gcount, getline, (C++ Strings) getline, ignore, peek, put, read