std::basic_ios::fail

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bool fail() const;

Returns true if an error has occurred on the associated stream. Specifically, returns true if badbit or failbit is set in rdstate().

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Example 4 See also

[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

true if an error has occurred, false otherwise.

[edit] Example

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[edit] See also

good	checks if no error has occurred i.e. I/O operations are available (public member function)
bad	checks if a non-recoverable error has occurred (public member function)
eof	checks if end-of-file has been reached (public member function)
operator!	checks if an error has occurred (synonym of fail()) (public member function)
operator void* operator bool (until C++11) (since C++11)	checks if no error has occurred (synonym of !fail()) (public member function)