Thread: Almost there...

Ok. I know you told me to try a simpler program to learn I/O and using files, and I have! There is one problem. In my program, all i ask is for them to input one letter, and in another program I ask it to show that letter. All it does is show nothing or one of those ||= thingies!
Here is the program where they ask for the letter:

Code:

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char a[2];

	cout<<"Hello, and welcome to my first try at real File I/O learning!\n";
	cout<<"\nNow enter any letter of the English alphabet: ";
	cin.get(a, 2);
	ofstream stuff("firsttry.txt", ios::out);
	stuff<<a;
	stuff.close();
	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

and here is the one where it shows the letter:

Code:

#include<iostream>
#include<fstream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	char ch;

	ifstream openstuff("firsttry.txt", ios::in);
	openstuff.get(ch);
	cout<<ch;
	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

I am sorry for annoying you again. After I get the hang of this I should be able to stop bugging you.

Your program appears to work for me. I can't spot any errors.

I do wonder, though.... If you're reading a char from the user in the first program, why not just pass cin.get() one char instead of a C-style string?

Originally Posted by robwhit

I don't know why you're getting the error, but you did forget to close the openstuff ifstream.

You don't have to, it happens automatically when the destructor is called.