Need help.

Hello, this is my source code so far:

Code:

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string fileName;
string fileCont;

using namespace std;

int main()
{

cout<<"What filename should we use? ";
cin>>fileName;
cin.ignore();
cin.get();
cout<<"What content should we statch into the file? ";
cin>>fileCont;
cin.ignore();
ofstream file ("." << fileName);
file<<"." << fileCont;
cin.get();
return 0;
}

and it gives me this error when I compile:

22 C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\lolcoolnohax.cpp no match for 'operator<<' in '"." << fileName'

What the hell is happening? I don't have a clue what the error is.

>> ofstream file ("." << fileName);

what are you trying to do there?

Originally Posted by Sebastiani

>> ofstream file ("." << fileName);

what are you trying to do there?

I am, trying to make the user type in a filename and the content for the file, then use ofstream to make the file. Fairly simple but the errors keep coming.


Kind of let the user make his own custom file.

Code:

ofstream file (fileName.c_str());

what exactly do you think this expression evaluates to:

"." << fileName

the ofstream object is expecting a const char * as it's first parameter, but that expression does not yield an object of that type (unless of course you have somewhere overloaded operator << (const char *, const string &) to do so).

Thank you.