Hello all!
I want to ask the user a question and when the user answers it makes a file with the name of the answer I.E:
"What is your name?"
User inputs "Fred"
Then a text file with the name of your answer will be written. So it would be called "Fred.txt".
Is this even possible? If so help would be greatly appreciated.
Sure. You save the user's input in a variable and pass that variable to the function that creates the file. Quite a silly question, actually. If it wasn't possible, what kind of inflexible language would it be then?
Anyway, let's start by asking what you know. Do you know how to open files, for example? And do you know how to input data from the user?
Originally Posted by Adak
Here's my 2 codes for asking a users name and writing a file:
User Name input:
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <fstream> #include <iostream> using namespace std; void myflush(std::istream& in) { in.clear(); in.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n'); } void mypause() { myflush(std::cin); std::cin.get(); } int main(void) { string name; cout<<"What's your name?"; std::getline(cin, name); cout<<"Hi! " << name; cin.get(); mypause(); }
Write a file:
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <fstream> #include <iostream> using namespace std; void myflush(std::istream& in) { in.clear(); in.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n'); } void mypause() { myflush(std::cin); std::cin.get(); } int main(void) { cout << endl; ofstream a_file ( "example.txt" ); a_file << "Example."; a_file.close(); mypause(); }
Last edited by Apocalyptic_end; 01-26-2008 at 03:55 PM.
Ok. So where would I go to try to learn this. I've googled it and I couldn't find it.
Wait. My bad. Haha. Sorry.
So you understand how to open files and how to ask for input.
Then you should simply merge them.
Ask for the filename, then pass that filename to the open function.
Just note that since you're reading into a std::string, you should call .c_str() because they take const char*.
Code:std::string mystr = "test"; const char* p = mystr.c_str();
Last edited by Elysia; 01-26-2008 at 05:48 PM.
const char*
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
Ok... so where do I put that code in my program and what code do I merge?
If you understand what your code does, it should not be difficult.
Get input.
Open file using input.
I don't want to Open a file, I want to write it, the Input variable will be the name of it.
To write to a file, you must open it first (with writing permission). So open it with the inputted filename.
