// This program demonstrates the seekg function.
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
   char ch;  // To hold a character
   
   // Open the file for input.
   fstream file("letters.txt", ios::in);

   // Move to byte 5 from the beginnng of the file
   // (the 6th byte) and read the character there.
   file.seekg(5L, ios::beg);
   file.get(ch);
   cout << "Byte 5 from beginning: " << ch << endl;

   // Move to the 10th byte from the end of the file
   // and read the character there.
   file.seekg(-10L, ios::end);
   file.get(ch);
   cout << "10th byte from end: " << ch << endl;

   // Move to byte 3 from the current position
   // (the 4th byte) and read the character there.
   file.seekg(3L, ios::cur);
   file.get(ch);
   cout << "Byte 3 from current: " << ch << endl;

   file.close();
   return 0;
}