class Rec { // definition of a record
public:
	int ID;
	double GPA;
	short salary;
	char major[4];
	char stuff;
};

void main()
{
	int reclength = 48; // reading in the data
	int id = 111223333;
	double gpa = 2.345;
	short salary = 2222;
	char major[4] = {'C','S','E','D'};
	char *stuff = "John Doe:1002 Anywhere Street";
	ofstream myFile("data4.bin", ios::out | ios::binary );
	char *dum = new char[reclength]; // defining the char array
	Rec* myrecord = (Rec *)dum; // pointing to the beginning of the char array
	myrecord->ID = id; // building the array
	myrecord->GPA = gpa;
	myrecord->salary = salary;
	strcpy(myrecord->major,major);
	memcpy(&(myrecord->stuff), stuff,reclength-18);
	cout<<myrecord->ID<<endl; // checking
	cout<<myrecord->GPA<<endl;
	cout<<myrecord->salary<<endl;
	for( i=0;i<4;i++)
		cout<<myrecord->major[i];
	cout<<endl;
	cout<<&(myrecord->stuff)<<"\n";
	cout<<dum<<endl;
	myFile.write(dum,reclength); // writing to the file
	ifstream myRead("data4.bin",ios::in | ios::binary );
	myRead.read((char *)&id,4); // reading from the binary file
	myRead.read((char *)&gpa,8);
	myRead.read((char *)&salary,2);
	myRead.read(major,4);
	myRead.read((char *)d,reclength-18);
	cout<<"Printing\n\n"<<endl;
	cout<<id<<endl; // printing the data read in
	cout<<gpa<<endl;
	cout<<salary<<endl;
	for(i=0;i<4;i++)
		cout<<major[i];
	cout<<endl;
	cout<<stuff<<endl;
} // end main