The test file for this function is located on my desktop in a folder.
Is the syntax correct when (string folder) is being set to the test file at the file location?
Code:ifstream get_ifs( ) // get input file stream { string filename; // input file name cerr << "name of file to read from? "; cin >> filename; string folder = "C:\\Users\CASHOUT\Desktop\week8\folder\test1.txt"; // path for folder containing // the .txt test files filename = folder + filename; ifstream ifs( filename, ifstream::in ); if( ! ifs ) // cannot open input file { cerr << "cannot open input file '" << filename << "'\n"; exit( 1 ); } return ifs; // return input file stream }