Ofstream parameter problem.

Hi there,

I am trying to allow a user to choose the filename for a file which will hold data.

The data will be entered into the file with ofstream.


I started with this in my program:

Code:

char fileName[20];        //NO BOUNDS CHECKING!!!!
cout << "Enter the name of the .csv file" << endl;
cin >> fileName;
ofstream streamname(fileName);

Since there is no bounds checking, I tried to use a string:

Code:

string fileName;
cout << "Enter the name of the .csv file" << endl;
getline (cin, fileName);
ofstream streamname(fileName);

But (unless I was mistaken?) it seems ofstream cannot accept a string as a parameter.

So I tried this:

Code:

string tempfilename;
vector<string>fileName;
cout << "Enter the name of the .csv file" << endl;
getline (cin, tempfilename);
fileName.push_back(tempfilename);
ofstream streamname(fileName);

But then Visual Studio reports:

cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::vector<_Ty>' to 'const char *'

Could anyone advise me on how do this is as simply as possible?

Thanks for any help!

Code:

string fileName;
cout << "Enter the name of the .csv file" << endl;
getline (cin, fileName);
ofstream streamname(fileName.c_str());

Hey thanks bithub!

reading up on this, it converts the string to a c-style string, hence the error of "to 'const char *' "

Great to learn this.

Thanks buddy

IIRC, this issue should be fixed in the near future.