passing ifstream to a function as an argument

[wxjunkie]

in C++ when passing an ifstream to a function like....

ifstream input;
input.open("file.txt");

function(ifstream);


would the prototype need to be declared with ifstream as being passed by reference?
void function(ifstream& input);

 

[singh]

It is one of the acceptable ways, yes.

 

[wxjunkie]

okay, I'm just trying to narrow a nagging problem down. i can't seem to get my file streams passed to the functions.