Thread: Unable to locate txt file for ifstream opening

Hi,

I am trying to read from a txt file but when I use :-

Code:

	ifstream StreamName;

	StreamName.open("Dieters.txt");

It fails to locate the txt file, which is what is holding the data I wish to use.

I believe my actual code is correct, and so believe it is just that Visual Studio doesn't know where to locate the file.

Here is my code:-

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

const int MAXPATIENTS = 10;

struct patient
{
	int id;
	double weight;
	double height;
	bool ismale;
};

int main()
{
	patient patientstruct[MAXPATIENTS];//array of structs

	ifstream StreamName;

	StreamName.open("Dieters.txt");

	if(!StreamName)
	{
		cout << "phail " << endl;
	}

	else
	{
		cout << "opened" << endl;
	}


	system("pause");

	return 0;
}

This is for some practice on a test we had last week, and we were given a pre-made Microsoft Visual Studio Solution file, which fired straight up and contained the txt file, but we use a strange college specific library.

So basically I'm asking how I can use the StreamName.open("Dieters.txt"); line to point to the location of the txt file so that V.Studio can find it, as the code I have posted above works fine when I don't have to use the weird library.

Many thanks for any help!

As it stands, your program will only find the text file if it's residing in the same directory as your executable.

Thank you Oldman47

Appreciated