摘自：http://www.cnblogs.com/JCSU/archive/2008/12/09/1190685.html

假设有一个叫 data.txt 的文件, 它包含以下内容:
Fry: One Jillion dollars.
[Everyone gasps.]
Auctioneer: Sir, that's not a number.
数据读取， 测试 。
以下就是基于 data.txt 的数据读取操作:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

//输出空行
void OutPutAnEmptyLine()
{
    cout<<"\n";
}

//读取方式: 逐词读取, 词之间用空格区分
//read data from the file, Word By Word
//when used in this manner, we'll get space-delimited bits of text from the file
//but all of the whitespace that separated words (including newlines) was lost. 
void ReadDataFromFileWBW()
{
    ifstream fin("data.txt");  
    string s;  
    while( fin >> s ) 
    {    
        cout << "Read from file: " << s << endl;  
    }
}

//读取方式: 逐行读取, 将行读入字符数组, 行之间用回车换行区分
//If we were interested in preserving whitespace, 
//we could read the file in Line-By-Line using the I/O getline() function.
void ReadDataFromFileLBLIntoCharArray()
{
    ifstream fin("data.txt"); 
    const int LINE_LENGTH = 100; 
    char str[LINE_LENGTH];  
    while( fin.getline(str,LINE_LENGTH) )
    {    
        cout << "Read from file: " << str << endl;
    }
}

//读取方式: 逐行读取, 将行读入字符串, 行之间用回车换行区分
//If you want to avoid reading into character arrays, 
//you can use the C++ string getline() function to read lines into strings
void ReadDataFromFileLBLIntoString()
{
    ifstream fin("data.txt");  
    string s;  
    while( getline(fin,s) )
    {    
        cout << "Read from file: " << s << endl; 
    }
}

//带错误检测的读取方式
//Simply evaluating an I/O object in a boolean context will return false 
//if any errors have occurred
void ReadDataWithErrChecking()
{
    string filename = "dataFUNNY.txt";  
    ifstream fin( filename.c_str());  
    if( !fin ) 
    {   
        cout << "Error opening " << filename << " for input" << endl;   
        exit(-1);  
    }
}

int main()
{
    ReadDataFromFileWBW(); //逐词读入字符串 
    OutPutAnEmptyLine(); //输出空行

    ReadDataFromFileLBLIntoCharArray(); //逐词读入字符数组
    OutPutAnEmptyLine(); //输出空行

    ReadDataFromFileLBLIntoString(); //逐词读入字符串
    OutPutAnEmptyLine(); //输出空行

    ReadDataWithErrChecking(); //带检测的读取
    return 0;
}
输出结果为:
Read from file: Fry:
Read from file: One
Read from file: Jillion
Read from file: dollars.
Read from file: [Everyone
Read from file: gasps.]
Read from file: Auctioneer:
Read from file: Sir,
Read from file: that's
Read from file: not
Read from file: a
Read from file: number.
Read from file: 数据读取，
Read from file: 测试
Read from file: 。

Read from file: Fry: One Jillion dollars.
Read from file: [Everyone gasps.]
Read from file: Auctioneer: Sir, that's not a number.
Read from file: 数据读取， 测试 。

Read from file: Fry: One Jillion dollars.
Read from file: [Everyone gasps.]
Read from file: Auctioneer: Sir, that's not a number.
Read from file: 数据读取， 测试 。

Error opening  dataFUNNY.txt for input
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