Is it possible to open a file and reading an only byte at a certain position without having to load all the file into an array?
For example, having a file of 10 bytes, and reading the 5th.
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Is it possible to open a file and reading an only byte at a certain position without having to load all the file into an array?
For example, having a file of 10 bytes, and reading the 5th.
Yes,
fseekandfgetcwill do exactly this.http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/fseek/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/fgetc/