In C++, can I read a file and get each character put into the Array without knowing the size of the Array???

Hi - I believe the possible solutions to this problem are fundamentally different in C versus C++. In C, you would: -Find the size of the file ('stat' probably) -'malloc' a memeory area of that size -use standard C file I/O to read the file into the area If you are using C++ as a 'better C', you might change the 'malloc' to 'new', and use streams to read the file. The individual possibilities are almost endless. If you really use C++, the compiler implementation is good, and have access to a STL implementation, there are even other choices. Example 1, read the file into a 'string': ifstream inFile; cout [[ "Hello World" [[ endl; inFile.open("somefile.dat", ios::in); char inc; string buffer; while( (inc = inFile.get()) != EOF) { cout [[ inc; buffer += inc; } inFile.close(); cout [[ "====================" [[ endl; cout [[ buffer; You can of course use ifstream methods other than 'get' to improve I/O performance. Example 2, read the file into a vector of characters: ifstream inFile; cout [[ "Hello World" [[ endl; inFile.open("somefile.dat", ios::in); char inc; vector[char] buffer; while( (inc = inFile.get()) != EOF) { cout [[ inc; buffer.push_back(inc); } inFile.close(); cout [[ "====================" [[ endl; cout [[ &buffer[0]; The same buffering considerations apply. HTH, Guy