Switch statement and Writing to a file

[LittleQuick]

I have a ofstream within a case.

  case 1:
	ofstream myfile1 (file18.c_str(), ios::app);
	if (myfile1.is_open())
	{
	while (myfile1.good())
	{
	myfile1 << choice1;
	myfile1.close();
	}
	}
	else 
	{
	cout << "Unable to open file"; 
	}

I get this error:

c:\documents and settings\owner\desktop\xx\xx\xx.cpp(497) : error C2360: initialization of 'myfile1' is skipped by 'case' label

Why does the write file not work within a case? How do I fix what I already have? And is there a better alternative to the code that I have?

[helios]

You can't create automatic objects in the middle of a switch statement just like that.

//Bad:
switch (x){
    //...
    case n:
        //...
        T object;
    //...
}

//Good:
switch (x){
    //...
    case n:
        {
            //...
            T object;
            //...
        }
    //...
}

I reckon this has something to do with switch being a sequence of unstructured gotos. If you try creating an object between a forward goto and its label, you'll get the same error.

[TrevorD]

Posting the rest of your program would be beneficial. Maybe try to declare the myfile outside of the case statement?