Converting Between Tabs and Spaces in a Text File - C++ File Stream

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Description

Converting Between Tabs and Spaces in a Text File

Demo Code

#include <iostream>

#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   ifstream in("main.cpp");
   ofstream out("target.cpp");
   if (!in || !out)
     return(EXIT_FAILURE);

   char c;//from w ww  .  j  av  a 2  s  .  c om
   while (in.get(c)) {
      if (c == '\t')
         out << "   "; // 3 spaces
      else
         out << c;
   }

   out.close();

   if (out)
      return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
   else
      return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

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