file open error

[slour]

I am getting an error with the in.open section, it is telling me I cannot convert from a float to a stream, any insight?

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
#define Length 150
ifstream in;

float Anumber[Length];

int main()
{
	float file;
	
	cout << "please enter the location of the file" << endl;
	cout << "an example would be C:/my file.txt" << endl;
	cin >> file;
	
	in.open(file);
	if (!in)
	{
		cerr << "Error file not found" << endl;
		exit(1);
	}

[TarikNeaj]

Edit: Misread the code. The file name is obviously a string, not a number right?

string file;

[slour]

So then how would I allow the user to enter the file location?

[slour]

The file name in this case is numbers.txt

[2LzbRXSz]

"C:/my file.txt" is an example of a string.

[slour]

I now see the error that I'm trying to make a file type of float allow a char to be entered. But that still doesn't fix my problem. But thank you for point that out.

[TarikNeaj]

Change it from float to string. And use getline(cin, file); instead of cin >>

[2LzbRXSz]

What error is it giving you now?

[slour]

Thanks that did it, your awesome!

[TarikNeaj]

You're welcome^^