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How is it possible to change "TheFile.txt" to a string instead.
From this:

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Ifstream Onefile ("TheFile.txt");

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I am trying to instead declare "TheFile.txt" like this but this doesn´t work. What could be wrong here.

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std::string File;
File = "TheFile.txt"

Ifstream Onefile (File);

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std::string File( "TheFile.txt" );
std::ifstream Onefile( File.c_str() );

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that constructor expects a const char*. the cpompiler cannot convert from std::string to const char*.

ifstream OneFile (file.c_str()) is what you need. the c_str() member function of the std::string class returns your string as a const char*

Okay. I understand. This worked great. I will look at this.

Thanks...

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Originally Posted by Mario F.

that constructor expects a const char*. the cpompiler cannot convert from std::string to const char*.

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That's because the poor thing lacks an overloded operator const char* as opposed to a real string class such as CString :rolleyes:
I know I'm asking for trouble :D