banking progrram

[sweet2awy]

hi, i made this banking program but i can't make the user specify the name of the account to be ceated here's the code i need any help and any ideas, thanks
<code>
#include<fstream.h>
#include<iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main()
{
int choice;
char crt[90];
char eee[5];
cout<<" Welcome to the new banking program \n";
cout<<"---------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
cout<<"Please choose from the below options:\n";
cout<<"1. Create a new account.\n";
cout<<"2. Open an existing account.\n";
cout<<"3. Edit an existing account.\n";
cout<<"4. Information about the programmer.\n";
cout<<"5. Quit.\n";
cout<<"----\n";
cout<<"Your Choice: ";
cin>>choice;
cin.ignore();
cout<<" -------------------------------------------------------------\n";
if(choice==1)
{
cout<<"Please type in your account name:\n";
cin.getline(crt, 90);
ofstream a_file("<<crt", ios::noreplace);
main();

}
}

</code>

[slaveofthenet]

Well, for starters you're using the deprecated headers, it should be like this:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <conio.h>
//#include <string> no string library functions used
using namespace std; //nescessary
...
ofstream a_file(crt);

[Placid]

Also the recursion (calling main() at the end of main), should be avoided when the problem can be solved another way.

here are my suggestions

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  int choice;
  char crt[90];
  //char eee[5];
  // Unneccessary as of yet

  cout<<" Welcome to the new banking program \n";
  cout<<"---------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
  cout<<"Please choose from the below options:\n";
  cout<<"1. Create a new account.\n";
  cout<<"2. Open an existing account.\n";
  cout<<"3. Edit an existing account.\n";
  cout<<"4. Information about the programmer.\n";
  cout<<"5. Quit.\n";
  cout<<"----\n";
  cout<<"Your Choice: ";

  cin>>choice;
  cin.ignore();
  cout<<" -------------------------------------------------------------\n";
  if(choice==1) 
    {
      cout<<"Please type in your account name:\n"; 
      cin.getline(crt, 90); 
      ofstream a_file(crt, ios::noreplace); 
      // just crt here will do what you expect, create a file with the name crt
    }
  cout << "The name of your new account: " << crt << endl;

  return 0;
  //main(); recursive, and with no "break" to stop is a bad idea
}

Ultimately, if you plan to expand the menu and include all the options, I would reccomend that you look into the subject of Object-oriented-programming (OOP), and Classes.

-- Placid