using windows system()

I am kinda new to C++ and I would like to know if it is possible to pass on the values of variables to the system() functions?

example:

Code:

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void main()
{
    char tag[1];

    cin >> tag;

    system("attrib tag");
}

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this one doesn't work. Its just to give an example of what I want to do... I want to pass the value stored in tag as apart of a system() argument. Is it possible? if yes, how do I do it?

You need to build the string to pass to system, using sprintf or stringstreams or something similar.

>Is it possible? if yes, how do I do it?
Try this.

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
        std::string tag;

        std::cout << "Enter tag: ";
        std::cin >> tag;

        system(std::string("attrib " + tag).c_str());

        return 0;
}

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Thanx swoopy it worked...