file.open(address); // ERROR

I have a problem.

My program is prompting the user for a file address like this:

// ...
string address;
cout << "Enter file address:\n";
cin >> address;
file.open(address);
// ...

But this is causing me an error. Anybody has any suggestions?

Thanks!

The open() function takes a const char*, not a std::string.

Code:

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file.open(address.c_str(), /* other arguments */);

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Secondly, you need to specify the mode to open the file in where I put /* other arguments */.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie