NAME¶

std::basic_ios::eof - std::basic_ios::eof

Synopsis¶

bool eof() const;

Returns true if the associated stream has reached end-of-file. Specifically, returns
true if eofbit is set in rdstate().

See ios_base::iostate for the list of conditions that set eofbit.

Parameters¶

(none)

Return value¶

true if an end-of-file has occurred, false otherwise.

Notes¶

This function only reports the stream state as set by the most recent I/O operation;
it does not examine the associated data source. For example, if the most recent I/O
was a get() which returned the last byte of a file, eof() returns false. The next
get() fails to read anything and sets the eofbit. Only then does eof() return true.

In typical usage, input stream processing stops on any error. eof() and fail() can
then be used to distinguish between different error conditions.

Example¶

// Run this code

#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::ifstream file("test.txt");
if (!file) // operator! is used here
{
std::cout << "File opening failed\n";
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

// typical C++ I/O loop uses the return value of the I/O function
// as the loop controlling condition, operator bool() is used here
for (int n; file >> n;)
std::cout << n << ' ';
std::cout << '\n';

if (file.bad())
std::cout << "I/O error while reading\n";
else if (file.eof())
std::cout << "End of file reached successfully\n";
else if (file.fail())
std::cout << "Non-integer data encountered\n";
}

See also¶

The following table shows the value of basic_ios accessors (good(), fail(), etc.)
for all possible combinations of ios_base::iostate flags:

ios_base::iostate flags basic_ios accessors
eofbit failbit badbit good() fail() bad() eof() operator bool operator!
false false false true false false false true false
false false true false true true false false true
false true false false true false false false true
false true true false true true false false true
true false false false false false true true false
true false true false true true true false true
true true false false true false true false true
true true true false true true true false true

feof checks for the end-of-file
(function)