std::basic_ios<CharT,Traits>::fail
| bool fail() const; | 
Returns true if an error has occurred on the associated stream. Specifically, returns true if badbit or failbit is set in rdstate().
See ios_base::iostate for the list of conditions that set failbit or badbit.
Parameters
(none).
Return value
true if an error has occurred, false otherwise.
Example
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
int main()
{
    std::ifstream file("test.txt");
    if(!file)  // operator! is used here
    {  
        std::cout << "File opening failed\n";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
    // typical C++ I/O loop uses the return value of the I/O function
    // as the loop controlling condition, operator bool() is used here
    for(int n; file >> n; ) {
       std::cout << n << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << '\n';
 
    if (file.bad())
        std::cout << "I/O error while reading\n";
    else if (file.eof())
        std::cout << "End of file reached successfully\n";
    else if (file.fail())
        std::cout << "Non-integer data encountered\n";
}See also
The following table shows the value of basic_ios accessors (good(), fail(), etc.) for all possible combinations of ios_base::iostate flags:
| ios_base::iostateflags | basic_iosaccessors | |||||||
| eofbit | failbit | badbit | good() | fail() | bad() | eof() | operator bool | operator! | 
| false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | 
| false | false | true | false | true | true | false | false | true | 
| false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | 
| false | true | true | false | true | true | false | false | true | 
| true | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | 
| true | false | true | false | true | true | true | false | true | 
| true | true | false | false | true | false | true | false | true | 
| true | true | true | false | true | true | true | false | true | 
| checks for a file error (function) | 
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