Function with string parameter

[deztox]

I'm tring to make a small program that checks for a file and if it doesn't find it, send the name of the file to a function that'll make the file with a line of writing. The error I get is "error: expected ',' or '...' before string constant" (line 11 & 25).
Code:

/* Section: header */
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

/* Section: constant */
#define NEWLINE '\n'

/* Section: prototype */
void nfound( string "v_file" );

int main() {
  string the_file = "test_file.txt";
  if ( "the_file" ) {
    cout << "File found!";
  } else {
    cout << "File not found!";
    nfound( "the_file" );
  }

  cin.get();
}

void nfound( string "v_file" ) {
  ofstream a_file ( "v_file" );
  a_file << "This text will go inside!NEWLINE";
  a_file.close();
}

I'm new to C++, but from everything I've read, this should be correct.

[3hM2Nwbp]

Your problem is that variables can't start with the " character.

void nfound( string validVariableName);

[firedraco]

Don't put the name of your variable in quotes.