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Differeence between binary mode and text mode in C

Actually I have to submit my assignment over the Binary and Text mode with examples
Mar 24 '08 #1
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weaknessforcats
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Yes, I understand. But what is your question exactly?
Mar 24 '08 #2
Yes, I understand. But what is your question exactly?

My question is to explain the difference b/w text and binary file, w.r.t
a) Null character
b) Characrter Storage
c)End of file
Mar 24 '08 #3
Yes, I understand. But what is your question exactly?

My question is to explain the difference b/w text and binary file, w.r.t
a) Null character
b) Characrter Storage
c)End of file
with examples
Mar 24 '08 #4
weaknessforcats
9,208 Expert Mod 8TB
The short answer is that text mode assumes the file is broken into records terminated by a carriage return or maybe a carriage return linefeed. Binary mode just means that all bytes in the file are part of the data.
Mar 24 '08 #5

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