Entering the filename

I know this sounds silly, but I wrote this program up, and it automatically accepts the filename as "example.txt" as shown in main. I have kind of confused myself on how to get the program to ask for the filename first and then store that value where "example.txt" is. I know it's simple I am just drawing a blank.... Brain fart...

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

class myClass{
    public:
    myClass (string fname)  //constructor
    {
        filename = fname;
        selection = 0;
        input = 0;
        number = 0.0;
        anothernumber = 0.0;
        replacement = 0.0;
        newfilename = "";
        choice = "";
        answer = "";
    }

    string returnNewfile()
    {
        return newfilename;
    }

    string returnAnswer()
    {
        return answer;
    }

    int returnSelection()
    {
        return selection;
    }

    int returnInput()
    {
        return input;
    }

    double returnOtherNumber()
    {
        return anothernumber;
    }

    double returnNumber()
    {
        return number;
    }

    double returnReplace()
    {
        return replacement;
    }

    string returnChoice()         //choice
    {
        return choice;
    }

    void Select()
    {
    cout << "Please enter 0 for read or 1 for write mode" << endl;
    while (!(cin >> selection) || selection < 0)
    {
        cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
        cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
        cin.ignore();
    } // end while

        if (selection == 0)
        {
            ifstream filename ("example.txt");
            if (filename.is_open())
            {
                while(getline(filename, line))                 //Goes through the file and gets each line individually
                {                                             //and prints out whats in it line by line.
                    cout << '\n' <<"This is what is in the file: " << line << endl;
                }
            filename.close();
            }
        }
        else if (selection == 1)
        {
            fstream filename("example.txt");
            if (filename.is_open())
                {
                    cout << "How many numbers do you want to enter? " << endl;

                    while (!(cin >> input) || input < 0)
                    {
                        cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
                        cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
                        cin.ignore();
                    } // end while
                 for (int i = 1; i <= input; i++)              //This will check how many numbers you want to enter
                 {                                             //then will keep asking for the numbers until it reaches what you wanted.

                    cout << '\n' << "This is what is in the file: " << line << endl;
                    cout << '\n' << "Hit a to accept value, r to replace, d to delete it, or type x to accept rest of the values. " << endl;

                    while (!(cin >> choice))
                    {
                        cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
                        cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
                        cin.ignore();
                    } // end while

                    if (choice == "a" || choice == "A")
                    {
                        filename << line << endl;
                    }

                    if (choice == "r" || choice == "R")
                    {
                        cout << "What number do you want to replace it with? " << endl;

                        while (!(cin >> number) || number < 0)
                        {
                            cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
                            cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
                            cin.ignore();
                        } // end while
                        filename << number << " " << line << endl;
                        cout << "The number has been replaced."  << endl;
                    }

                    if (choice == "d" || choice == "D")
                    {
                        number--;
                        cout << "Number deleted." << endl;
                    }

                    if (choice == "x" || choice == "X")
                    {
                        terminate();
                    }
                        cout <<'\n' << "Would you like to enter a new number? y or n" << endl;
                        cin >> answer;

                    if (answer == "y" || answer == "Y")
                    {
                        cout << '\n' << "Please enter the number." << endl;

                        while (!(cin >> anothernumber) || anothernumber < 0)
                        {
                            cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
                            cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
                            cin.ignore();
                        } // end while
                        filename << line << " ";
                        filename << anothernumber << endl;
                    }
                }// end of for loop
            cout << "Would you like to save the changes of the file to a new one?" << endl;
            cin >> newfilename;
            while (newfilename != "yes" || newfilename != "Yes" || newfilename != "YES" )
            {
                cout << "Value is invalid, try again." << endl;
                cin.clear(); //Clear error flag
                cin.ignore();
            } // end while

                if(newfilename == "yes" || newfilename == "Yes" || newfilename == "YES")
                {
                    string thisfilenow;
                    cout << "Please enter new file name." << endl;
                    cin >> thisfilenow;   //this will save the new data into another file leaving the old file intact.
                    filename << thisfilenow;
                }
              // while loop
            }// end of filename.open if statement
             filename.close();
        }// end of else if selectio == 1
    }//End of void select

    private:
    string filename;
    string line;
    string answer;
    string newfilename;
    int selection;
    double myarray[10][10];
    int input;
    double number, replacement,anothernumber;
    string choice;
};
int main()
{
    string fname = "example.txt";

    myClass co(fname);
    co.Select();
} 
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