Thread: Need Help

I'm making a program where the user type in a file name and opens the file.

This is what I did, but it's not working.

What do I do?

Plz help thx.

Code:

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


using namespace std;


// Function prototypes                                                          


int main()
{


   char name[20];
   char name1[20];

cout << "Please enter the filename of the encoded message:";

   cin >> name;

   cout << "Please enter the known word:";

   cin >> name1;

   ofstream outfile;
   outfile.open(name);



   ifstream infile;
   infile.open(name);
   if (infile.fail()) {
      cout << name << " fail to open." << endl;
      exit(1);
   }


    outfile.close();                                                         


   return 0;

}