Why file isn't opening C++?

Question

I am trying this code for a few first times only. I am not able to get to the root of the error.

Here is the code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    fstream file;
    file.open("C:\\Users\\AfzaalAhmad\\Documents\\text.txt");
    return 0;
}

The file is present at the location. Here is a screenshot of the file system.

There is no exception in this case, but the file is never opened!

Where am I missing code?

Answer 1

The command you've written will open a handle to a file at that location. In order to do anything with it, you'll need some sort of read or write operation. Probably your code is working fine :)

For example, following your file.open("...") line:

file << "This is some text to send to my now open file\n";
...
file.close();