Im a novice in the C++ programming language and ive been using the book C++ Without Fear to help myself get a grip on the language. One of the activities in the book is writing a Word processor "like" program.
What I'd like to do is write it so that the user doesn't have to enter a preexisting file name to begin. I'd like to have the program create a file with the name the user inputs and save it to a Folder that exists already.
Also I'm sure this is much more complicated to do but later on I'd like to be able to add a feature where it will print what you input when your done. Any tips on how to accomplish this would be appreciated...sorry i didnt think about defining print but yes i meant onto physical paper. As it turns out your right it will create the file i just didnt know it. o.o
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
char filename[81];
char input_line[81]; // Input line for text entry
cout << "Enter a file name and press ENTER: ";
cin.getline(filename, 80);
ofstream file_out(filename);
if (! file_out) {
cout << "File " << filename << " could not be opened."; //if file opening fails
return -1;
}
cout << "File " << filename << " was opened." << endl;
while (1) {
cout << "Enter line (~~~ to quit)>>";
cin.getline(input_line, 80);
if (strcmp(input_line, "~~~") == 0)
break;
file_out << input_line << endl;
}
file_out.close();
return 0;
}