26. (8 pts) Finish, using a while loop, the code segment below so that the follo

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26. (8 pts) Finish, using a while loop, the code segment below so that the following actions are performed a) Prompt the user for the name of an input file and read it. b) Open the file c) While the file does not open successfully, print out a message stating as such, reset the input stream variable (code to do this is inFile.clear):) d) Repeat steps a,b,c until a file is successfully opened or the user enters ctrl-c. ifstream inFile; string filename; cout filename; inFile.open (filename. c str)) // rest of the code segment goes below this line

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while(1){ // implenting d , adding the loop unless it will get a new file
cout << "Enter the name of the iput file (or ctrl-c to exit):";
cin >> filename;
inFile.open(filename.c_str());
//implementing c
if(!inFile){                          // checking whether inFile
cout<< reset the input stream variable << endl;
inFile.clear();
}
else
break;
}

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