basic readfile

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
int main()
{

    std::stringstream data;
    int x;
    ifstream inFile;

    inFile.open("C:\\Users\\G. Meier\\Documents\\myfile.txt");
    if (!inFile) {
        cout << "Unable to open file";
        exit(1); // terminate with error
    }

    char c;
    while (inFile.get(c)) {
        data << c;
    }

    inFile.close();
    cout << "data = " << data.str() << endl;
    return cin.get();
}