c 2b 2b file to string

1#include <fstream>
2#include <string>
3using namespace std;
4
5int main()
6{
7  ifstream ifs("myfile.txt");
8  //Two ways:
9  
10  //Assign it at initialization
11  string content( (istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs) ),
12                  (istreambuf_iterator<char>()    ) );
13  
14  //Assign it after initialization
15  content.assign( (istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs) ),
16                  (istreambuf_iterator<char>()    ) );
17  return 0;
18}

1string filetostring(){
2	ifstream file("file", ios::binary);
3    string fileStr;
4
5    istreambuf_iterator<char> inputIt(file), emptyInputIt;
6    back_insert_iterator<string> stringInsert(fileStr);
7
8    copy(inputIt, emptyInputIt, stringInsert);
9
10    return fileStr;
11}