Chapter 12, Problem 71RQE

Explanation of Solution

Syntax error:

An error which is occurred on the source code of a program is referred as “syntax error”; because the computer programs strictly follows the syntax rules, if the code fails to prove its language syntax format then the compiler will throw an error.

Purpose of the given code:

The purpose of the given code is to open the file “info.dat” using “fstream” file stream object.

List of errors present in the given code:

The code that is given contains some of the syntax error and it is listed as follows:

Error 1:

• The file open statement is an error in the given code.
• In c++, files can be opened using file stream object definition. In definition, the open statement contains two arguments such as file name and file access mode.
• The format for including the file access mode in file open statement as follow as:
  • ios::out
• The scope resolution operator “::” is missing in the given file open statement.

Therefore the given file open statement is modified as:

fstream dataFile(“info.dat”, ios::out);

Error 2:

• The file written statement is an error in the given code...