Question

I have this code:

int *size1 = new int();
int *size2 = new int();
QFile* file = new QFile("C:/Temp/tf.txt");
file->open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
file->write(str);
    *size1 = file->size();
file->close();
file->open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
file->write(strC);
    *size2 = file->size();
file->close();
delete file;
if (size1 < size2)
{
    return true;
}
else
{
    return false;
}
delete size1;
delete size2;

I want to compare bytes in file. But it comparing number of symbols in file.

Answer 1

Keep in mind that when you write a character to a file it’s probably going to be a byte, for the most part anyway.

#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include <QFile>
#include <QDebug>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
    char *str = "Hello";

    char *strC = "Hello again!";
    qint64 size1;
    qint64 size2;
    QFile* file = new QFile("/home/nick/tf.txt");
    file->open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
    file->write(str);

    size1 = file->size();

    file->close();
    file->open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Truncate);
    file->write(strC);

    size2 = file->size();

    file->close();
    delete file;

    QString num1 = QString::number(size1);
    QString num2 = QString::number(size2);
    if (size1 < size2)
    {
        qDebug() << "Returning true";
        qDebug() << "Size 1 is: " + num1;
        qDebug() << "Size 2 is: " + num2;
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        return false;
    }

    return a.exec();
}

Modified your code slightly. This then produces:

Returning true 
"Size 1 is: 5" 
"Size 2 is: 12"

See how the file size matches the number of characters? Each character is a byte, that’s why it looks like it’s counted the characters.