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Filename input and reading

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Use to get console input from the user for a file name (in the current directory) and read in from that file.

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  1. #include <iostream>
  2. #include <fstream>
  3. #include <string>
  4. using namespace std;
  5.  
  6. int main()
  7. {
  8.  
  9. 	ifstream inputFile;
  10. 	string line;
  11. 	string input;
  12.  
  13. 	cout << "Enter a file name to scan" << endl;
  14. 	cin >> input;
  15.  
  16. 	cout << endl;
  17. 	cout << "Your file was: " << input << endl;
  18.  
  19. 	try {
  20. 		inputFile.open(input.data(), ios::in);
  21. 	}
  22. 	catch (...) {
  23. 		cout << "File open error" << endl;
  24. 	}
  25.  
  26. 	if ( !inputFile.is_open() ) {
  27. 		return -1;
  28. 	}
  29.  
  30. 	while (! inputFile.eof() )
  31.     {
  32.       getline(inputFile, line, ' ');
  33. 	  cout << "__________ " << line << endl;
  34.     }
  35.  
  36. 	inputFile.close();
  37.  
  38.  
  39. 	cin >> input; // Just used to keep the console open in Visual C++
  40. 	return 0;
  41. }

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