Thread: Transfer of control bypasses initialization

Hi all,

i have a switch command. and in case the user enters the command 's' (save), i create an output file, and save the data..
but then a compile error was given as "transfer of control bypasses initialization of:"

Code:

Code:

case 's':
            ofstream output_file;
            output_file.open(filename);
                        .... some code....
            output_file.close();
            break;
case 'x':
            break;
        }

what is the problem here, i need the output file only in this case, why is the compiler complaining and what is the solution ?

thanks