Need help with an assignment!

[m20jesse]

Hello everyone,

I know the rules say do not ask for homework help but I'm struggling to figure this one out. I've missed a few lectures from sickness and thought I could get through this material on my own.

The program has 4 menu options. Option 1 displays names from a .txt file (notepad document). 2 lets the user add a student name to the .txt file. 3 removes any existing names from the .txt file. Option 4 just saves the file and ends the program.

Anyways, here's what the basic menu I've created, anytime I go further I start getting overloading errors and stuff that's out of my league.

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

void display(); //This function displays the contents of the names.txt saved at c:/names.txt
void add(); //This function will allow the user to add a name to names.txt
void remove(); //This function will remove a name from names.txt
void savequit(); //This function will save a quit.

int main()
{
char cInput;
string strFileName;
vector<string> vecStudent;

cout << "Please enter the data file name (with location): ";
cin >> strFileName;

//CALL A FUNCTION TO READ THE CONTENT OF THE INPUT FILE ONTO THE VECTOR vecStudent

while (true)
{
cout << "-------------------------------------" << endl;
cout << " Student Record - Main Menu " << endl;
cout << "-------------------------------------" << endl;
cout << "Enter 1 to display ALL students" << endl;
cout << "Enter 2 to add a student name" << endl;
cout << "Enter 3 to delete a student name" << endl;
cout << "Enter 4 to SAVE and QUIT the program" << endl;
cout << "-------------------------------------" << endl;
cout << "Enter menu option: ";
cin >> cInput;
switch (cInput)
{
case '1':
display(); //CALLS DISPLAY NAMES FUNCTION
break;
case '2':
add(); //CALLS ADD NAME FUNCTION
break;
case '3':
remove(); //CALLS NAME DELETE FUNCTION
break;
case '4':
savequit(); //CALLS SAVE AND QUIT FUNCTION
return 0;
default:
cout << "invalid input" << endl;
break;
}
}
return 0;
}

void display()
{
}

void add()
{
}

void remove()
{
}

void savequit()
{
}

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I know I'm not entitled to anything but thanks so much if you can help, I'm running out of time on this one.

[ResidentBiscuit]

Try using an int for the input. I'm not sure if that would fix it, but I don't know what problems your having. Give us the exact error messages and we'll be able to help more

[m20jesse]

Hmm yes my bad. I kept getting frustrated and restarting so I'm back to the above template (its pretty much just a menu shell I've created). I recall one of the errors was C2660? I think overall I'm just struggling with the concept of reading from a notepad file, nothing seems to go smoothly. I've been trying to teach myself the past few chapters.

I apologize again, that is pretty vague.