seekg - c++ reading from beginning of file to a specified byte -
trying write file reads first byte in file byte specified user. need on logic. if file has letters through z , want read , display first 10, example. here's piece of wrote: char byte; infile.seekg(0l,ios::beg); infile.get(byte); cout << byte; for(int = 0; < num; i++); //num int specified user. { infile.seekg(1, ios::cur); infile.get(byte); cout << byte; } first problem - semi-colon on end of for() line: for(int = 0; < num; i++); { ... } what compiler sees this: for(int = 0; < num; i++) { /* nothing num times */ } { // code run once } so, remove semi-colon. next, if you're reading bytes in succession, there's no need seek in between each one. calling get() next byte in sequence. remove seekg() calls. final problem - function calling infile.get() total of num + 1 times. first call before for loop. in for loop, get() called num times (ie. = 0, 1, ...