question about using a string as a file location
hi i've never posted here before but ive got a problem and none of my friends could help me figure it out. basically i have a variable called fileloc, its a string entered by the user. my problem is how to i make this string the location where the file is written to. here is the part of my code in question
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include "Rectangle.h"
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
#include <iomanip> // given to me by the tutor in room 320
int main()
{
Rectangle r;
float l;
float w;
char answer;
string fileloc;
ofstream output;
//program info
output<<fixed<<showpoint<<setprecision(1);
cout<<"This is the rectangle program designed to find the perimeter and area of "<<endl
<<"rectangles of custom length and width which is input by the user and"<<endl
<<"finally print the output to a user selected file"<<endl<<endl;
// ask the user where to save it
cout<<"Where would you like to save the output file"<<endl;
getline(cin,fileloc);
//open the file
output.open(fileloc, ios::out);
and this is the error i get:
..\..\program 2\program 2\project 2.cpp(39) : error C2664: 'void std::basic_ofstream<_Elem,_Traits>::open(const wchar_t *,std::ios_base::openmode,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::string' to 'const wchar_t *'
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits<char>
]
No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called
im not very good at c++ (still learning) so maybe i have made a stupid mistake but any help would be awesome thanks in advance
