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Kilo · Nov 28th, 2005, 7:27 PM

First, sorry for my previous statment (im a little slow

)

Second, why am i having so much trouble opening a specific file by STRING???

MyCode:

cout << "file name to scan?";
getline(cin,s_fileIn,'\n');

s_fileIn.append(".txt");

FileIn.open(s_fileIn,ios_base::in);   //line 58

ERROR:

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c:\Documents and Settings\knowell\Desktop\DataSearch\DataSearch\main.cpp(58): error C2664: 'void std::basic_ifstream<_Elem,_Traits>::open(const char *,std::_Iosb<_Dummy>::openmode,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::string' to 'const char *'
        with
        [
            _Elem=char,
            _Traits=std::char_traits<char>,
            _Dummy=int
        ]

Nov 28th, 2005, 7:27 PM	#29
Kilo Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Pink Clam? Posts: 542 Rep Power: 0	First, sorry for my previous statment (im a little slow ) Second, why am i having so much trouble opening a specific file by STRING??? MyCode: (Toggle Plain Text) cout << "file name to scan?"; getline(cin,s_fileIn,'\n'); s_fileIn.append(".txt"); FileIn.open(s_fileIn,ios_base::in); //line 58 cout << "file name to scan?"; getline(cin,s_fileIn,'\n'); s_fileIn.append(".txt"); FileIn.open(s_fileIn,ios_base::in); //line 58 ERROR: (Toggle Plain Text) c:\Documents and Settings\knowell\Desktop\DataSearch\DataSearch\main.cpp(58): error C2664: 'void std::basic_ifstream<_Elem,_Traits>::open(const char ,std::_Iosb<_Dummy>::openmode,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::string' to 'const char ' with [ _Elem=char, _Traits=std::char_traits<char>, _Dummy=int ] c:\Documents and Settings\knowell\Desktop\DataSearch\DataSearch\main.cpp(58): error C2664: 'void std::basic_ifstream<_Elem,_Traits>::open(const char ,std::_Iosb<_Dummy>::openmode,int)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::string' to 'const char ' with [ _Elem=char, _Traits=std::char_traits<char>, _Dummy=int ] __________________ "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" "Beauty is in the eye of the BEER holder" "Save your breath your going to need it for your blow up doll later" SearchLores.org