I am currently working on a program that needs to create as many files as the user specifies and I was having a little problem with the naming of the file. I tried to use my count variable to assign a name but fstream will not accept it. So now I am trying to use a char pointer and the heap to hold names. I am more worried with getting the pointer and all to work before I start to worry about how I will assign a value to the where the pointer is pointing. My code so far-
Code:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream> //I know, I know, but VC++6 complains
using namespace std;
char CreateName(int num)
{
if (!pName)
{
*pName = new char;
*pName = num;
return *pName;
}
else
{
delete pName;
*pName = new char;
*pName = num;
return *pName;
}
}
int main()
{
int amnt;
cout << "How many files?: ";
cin >> amnt;
for(int i; i < amnt; i++)
{
ofstream newfile(CreateName(i));
newfile.close();
}
return 0;
}
I am not even sure if char is an acceptable return value, I don't see why not though. But I have not been able to test this out on a compiler yet (I already know it would bring up errors).
How would I check to see if the pointer already exsisted so I know if I need to delete it or not before trying to create a new one? Or should I try something else for the naming?