User Input to file name

[Kameo]

This might be a dumb question but...I was trying to get a program that I am making as a side project to take user input for the file name and I am stuck something fierce.

This is the line of code I am using to generate the file:

ofstream a_file ("Information.txt", ios::trunc);

and where it says Information I wanted it to replace that with the user input I took for the variable "consumer" but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. Any help would be much appreciated!

[zb0S216C]

I'm finding it hard to understand what you mean. Are you saying that you want to replace "Information.txt" with a user-defined string? If so, this is easily accomplished:

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

int main( )
{
    std::string Input;
    std::cin >> Input;

    std::ofstream Out_File( Input.c_str( ), std::ios::truc );

    //...

    return( 0 );
}

_Wazzak

[Kameo]

Basically I have a program that is collecting information from users and it is being sent out to a text file. I wanted the customer number being put in to be the file name (ie "560.txt" or "76980.txt")