Thread: Help with File I/O

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    Red face Help with File I/O

    Is it possible to some how take a file name from cin and use that to open the file?

    EXAMPLE:
    Code:
    int main() 
    {
      string filename;
      cout << "Please enter the file name to open: ";   
      cin >> filename;   
      ofstream a_file ( **HOW TO CALL IT HERE?** );  
    }
    Sorry if this question is silly, I am still learning!

    Thank you much

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    Like this:
    Code:
    ofstream a_file(filename.c_str());
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Thank you very much!

    best regards

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