Subj : Re: File I/O
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Maya <EscalanteCanada@netscape.net>
Date : Wed Dec 10 2003 02:06 pm



Michael wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Im having trouble trouble writing data to file, my code is below.   However
> when the program is compiled, it states that "ifstream" is an undefined
> symbol, even though I have included "<io.h>" at the top.
> 
This is a char value not a std::string
>         char FileName[30] = "c:\myfile.dat"; << 
>         char blank;
> 
>         ofstream dataOut;
Why  are you using .c_str if it is a char value?
>         dataOut.open(FileName.c_str(),ios_base::out);
> 
>         dataOut<<leftPlusBox<<blank<<rightPlusBox<<plusAnswerBox<<endl;
>         dataOut<<leftMinusBox<<blank<<rightMinusBox<<minusAnswerBox<<endl;
>         dataOut<<leftTimesBox<<blank<<rightTimesBox<<timesAnswerBox<<endl;
> 
>         //dataOut.close();
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

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