Getting filepath from string

[SterlingM]

I want the user to input a file path, set it to a string and make an ifstream for the file.

string filepath;
    cout<<"Please enter a file path."<<endl;
    cin>>filepath;
    ifstream theFile(filepath);

the compiler is telling me --


13 C:\Users\Sterling\Desktop\C++ Practice\NumberAnalysis.cpp no matching function for call to `std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::basic_ifstream(std::string&)'

line 13 is ifstream theFile(filepath);

I'm kinda used to Java and just took a Java approach to it. Is there a way to do this using strings or something else?

[Dino]

You can't pass a C++ string. Pass a C string.

[m37h0d]

ifstream - C++ Reference

try:

 ifstream theFile(filepath.c_str());

[nadroj]

as mentioned, the API for ifstream says this about the "filename" argument:

C-string containing the name of the file to be opened.

[SterlingM]

Awesome, thanks