Hey if you know how to code in c++ I need some help. I am trying to figure out how to use seekg(). I have tried to use it like so: [quote] ifstream inf("Sample.dat"); // If we couldn't open the input file stream for reading if (!inf) { // Print an error and exit cerr << "Uh oh, Sample.dat could not be opened for reading!" << endl; exit(1); } string strData; inf.seekg(5); // move to 5th character // Get the rest of the line and print it getline(inf, strData); cout << strData << endl; [/quote]