Help on opening files

[drharv]

Ok, I am just starting to play with C++ and have written a class that opens files for practice. Does anyone know why this is not opening the files? (or if it is, why it is not exiting) I am sending it basic input like c:\test.txt (and using a file that i do have in my c:\).

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


class myFileLoader
{
	public:
		void getName();

	private:
		FILE *itsName;
};

void myFileLoader::getName()
{
	FILE *temp;
	
	char str[100];
	
	printf("Please enter the file you wish to load:  ");
	fgets(str, 99, stdin);
	
	while ((temp = fopen(str, "r")) == NULL )
	{
		printf("\n******File was not opened, Please try again******");
		printf("\nPlease enter the file you wish to load:  ");
		fgets(str, 99, stdin);
	}
	printf("\nFile sucessfully loaded!");

	itsName = temp;

}


int main()
{
	myFileLoader test;

	test.getName();
	
	return 0;
}

Also, if I wanted to put the class in a header file and its function in another cpp file and include it all together, would I need to use #IFNDEFINE and call the other <stdio.h> so that they would know what FILE is supposed to be?

P.S. any pointers on the code would be appreciated.

[swoopy]

I think fgets() retains the newline character at the end, so:

> fgets(str, 99, stdin);
str[strlen(str)-1] = '\0'; //lose the newline

For strlen(), add this at the top:
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

As to your other question, I think yes, you would need to include <stdio.h> in the cpp file with the class functions.