Question

Which function is used to reposition the file pointer?

(a) moveg()

(b) seekg()

(c) changep()

(d) go_p()

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This interesting question is from File Handling topic in division Strings, Streams & Numerics in C++ of C++

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) seekg()

Explanation: seekg() function is used to reposition a file pointer in a file. The function takes the offset and relative position from where we need to shift out pointer.