How do I load a file name from string

**kingpinzs** · 07-14-2005

I am trying to use ifstream and I have the file location
"c:\\text.txt" saved into a string text and want to have ifstream load the file loaction and name from that string

is that possible?

**sand_man** · 07-14-2005

I think you have the wrong forum. ifstream is C++.

In C:

Code:

FILE *fp;
char str[] = "text.txt";
fp = fopen(str,"r");

  //do stuff

fclose(fp);

**dwks** · 07-14-2005

In C++:

Code:

ifstream i("c:\\test.txt");
string s;
i >> s;
ifstream file(s);

I think that will work.

**Hammer** · 07-14-2005

>>I am trying to use ifstream
I guess you want the C++ forum then! Moving thread...

**~~ILoveVectors~~** · 07-14-2005

s.c_str() you mean right?

**kingpinzs** · 07-14-2005

I know this part

ifstream a_file ("c:\\text.txt");

a_file>>str;

cout<<str;

but instead of having "c:\\text.txt" I need to replace it with

string result;

so it would be like this

ifstream a_file (result);
a_file>>str;
cout<<str;

if that explains it better

thanks for the help so far

**~~ILoveVectors~~** · 07-14-2005

Code:

string filename;
string info;
cout << "Enter file name!  : ";
getline(cin, filename, '\n');
ifstream in(filename.c_str());
in >> info;
//or
getline(in, info, '\n);
in.close();
cout << info << endl;

**kingpinzs** · 07-14-2005

thanks ILoveVectors that is exatley what I was looking for.

thanks for every one elses help to.

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