Thread: Ofstream Problem

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    Ofstream Problem

    my code is.
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <fstream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main(){
    	string text;
    	string name;
    	ofstream test;
    
    	cout<<"Enter some text\n";
    	getline(cin, text);
    
    	cout<<"enter the file name with the extension and path(ex. c:/users/jon/filename.txt)\n";
    	getline(cin, name);
    	test.open(text);
    	test<<text;
    	test.close();
    	system("pause");
    }
    and the error I got was |17|error: no matching function for call to`std::basic_ofstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >:: open(std::string&)'|

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    What IDE and compiler are you using? This code seems fine and works fine.

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    Code::Blocks, and I know it worked fine when i used visual c++.

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    This:
    Code:
    test.open(text);
    should be:
    Code:
    test.open(text.c_str());
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
    Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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    thank you.

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