Thread: Ping a variable?

Lets say... I wanted to ping an IP. I know this can be done in CMD, or C++ very easily, but lets say I want to ping it a few times without re-entering the IP or Website. I've made it loop 5 times, but how would I get the person to enter the IP or Website they wanted to ping... For example,

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <winable.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char IP[9999];
int x = 0;
cout<<"Enter IP or Website to ping: ";
cin.getline(IP, 9999);
cout<<"\n";
while (x != 5)
{        
system("ping" IP );
x++;
}
return 0;
}

Doesn't work. How would I ping a variable without having to hardcode it? Thanks,
Brad.

use std::string
build you whole string before calling system
pass command.c_str() to system

Thanks, I got it working.