get_openfile.cpp

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/*
 * This file contains code from "C++ Primer, Fourth Edition", by Stanley B.
 * Lippman, Jose Lajoie, and Barbara E. Moo, and is covered under the
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 * "Copyright (c) 2005 by Objectwrite, Inc., Jose Lajoie, and Barbara E. Moo."
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#include "io_preamble.h"

// opens in binding it to the given file
ifstream& open_file(ifstream &in, const string &file)
{
    in.close();  // close in case it was already open
    in.clear();  // clear any existing errors

    // if the open fails, the stream will be in an invalid state
    in.open(file.c_str()); // open the file we were given

    return in; // condition state is good if open succeeded
}