quick eof() question

[joshmo]

how can i check if my text file is empty???
i have tried something using eof but it doesnt seem to work or am just using it wrongly

if(infile.eof())//check if it is empty
/*also tried this*/ if(infile.eof()==0)

[mitrmkar]

You might use seekg() along with tellg(), see here for an example
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/tellg.html

[Radical Edward]

> how can i check if my text file is empty???
Try to read from it. If the read fails with eofbit set, the file is empty:

bool IsEmpty(std::istream& is)
{
  char ch;

  is.get(ch);

  return is.eof();
}

Remember that eof() only returns true after a failed input request.