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+#ifndef HELPERS_HPP
+#define HELPERS_HPP
+
+
+//file reading things
+inline char* ReadTextFromFile(const char* fileName, char* buffer)
+{
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+inline char* ReadFileAsBinary(const char* fileName, char* buffer)
+{
+	try
+	{
+		//open the fstream in input mode, with binary mode
+		std::fstream file(fileName, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+
+		if (!file.is.open())
+		{
+			std::cerr << "Could not open file for binary input: " << fileName;
+			return buffer;
+		}
+
+		file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+
+		std::streamsize size = file.tellg();
+
+		file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+		delete[] buffer;
+
+		buffer = nullptr;
+
+		//size the buffer with a new
+		buffer = new char[size];
+
+		file.read(buffer, size);
+
+		file.close();
+
+		return buffer;
+	}
+	catch (const std::exception& ex)
+	{
+		std::cerr << "Exception during binary file input: " << fileName << "was not successfully streamed to binary";
+		ex.what()
+		return buffer;
+	}
+}
+
+//file writing things
+inline bool WriteTextToFile(const char* fileName, const char* fileContents)
+{
+	std::ostream file(fileName);
+
+	if (!file.is_open())
+	{
+		std::cerr << "Could not open file: " << fileName;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	file << fileContents;
+
+	file.close();
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+inline bool WriteFileFromBinary(const char* fileName, const char* buffer)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
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+
+#endif 
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