const string & to fopen..

[Jae]

Real(const string &fileName)
{

FILE * myInputFile = fopen(fileName, "rt");

.....

fclose(myInputF ile);
}
I'd like to read a file names from fileName. However, I always got an error

error: cannot convert `const std::basic_stri ng<char, std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `FILE*
fopen(const char*, const char*)'

How can I fix it ?

I tried

fopen((const char) fileName, "rt");

but it shows

error: `const struct std::basic_stri ng<char, std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' used where a `const char' was expected
Can anyone help me?

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

Jae wrote:

Real(const string &fileName)
{
FILE * myInputFile = fopen(fileName, "rt");
fclose(myInputF ile);
}
I'd like to read a file names from fileName. However, I always got an error

error: cannot convert `const std::basic_stri ng<char, std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `FILE*
fopen(const char*, const char*)'

How can I fix it ?
fopen() expects a const char*, not a std::string (if that's what
"string" is). Just do

fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt");
I tried

fopen((const char) fileName, "rt");

No. First, fopen() expects a const char* (a string), not a const char
(a character). Second, you cannot convert a std::string to a const
char.
Jonathan

[Jae]

Thank you and I can get as a line.
Well, but in this case, it reads only one line of the file. How can I read
whole file?
I'd like to read it as a string..
FILE* ifs = fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt" );
if(!ifs)
{
cout<<"Cannot open a file"<<endl;
return;
}

fgets( totalString, 1000, ifs );

string myString;
for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++){
if(!totalString[i]) break;
myString += totalString[i];
cout<<totalStri ng[i];
}

It prints only one line, even though the file input has more than 10 lines.
Is my code wrong?


"Jonathan Mcdougall" <jo************ ***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@v 46g2000cwv.goog legroups.com...

Jae wrote:

Real(const string &fileName)
{
FILE * myInputFile = fopen(fileName, "rt");
fclose(myInputF ile);
}
I'd like to read a file names from fileName. However, I always got an
error

error: cannot convert `const std::basic_stri ng<char,
std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `FILE*
fopen(const char*, const char*)'

How can I fix it ?

fopen() expects a const char*, not a std::string (if that's what
"string" is). Just do

fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt");

I tried

fopen((const char) fileName, "rt");

No. First, fopen() expects a const char* (a string), not a const char
(a character). Second, you cannot convert a std::string to a const
char.
Jonathan

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

Jae wrote:

Thank you and I can get as a line.
Well, but in this case, it reads only one line of the file. How can I read
whole file?
I'd like to read it as a string..
FILE* ifs = fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt" );
if(!ifs)
{
cout<<"Cannot open a file"<<endl;
return;
}

fgets( totalString, 1000, ifs );

string myString;
for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i++){
if(!totalString[i]) break;
myString += totalString[i];
cout<<totalStri ng[i];
}

It prints only one line, even though the file input has more than 10 lines.
Is my code wrong?

Yes, fgets() stops reading after a newline. This may be of help:

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

int main()
{
std::ifstream ifs("file");

std::ostringstr eam oss;
oss << ifs.rdbuf();
std::string s(oss.str());

std::cout << s; // outputs whole file
}
Jonathan

[Jae]

I got it. Thanks a lot !!
"Jonathan Mcdougall" <jo************ ***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@v 46g2000cwv.goog legroups.com...

Jae wrote:

Real(const string &fileName)
{
FILE * myInputFile = fopen(fileName, "rt");
fclose(myInputF ile);
}
I'd like to read a file names from fileName. However, I always got an
error

error: cannot convert `const std::basic_stri ng<char,
std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `FILE*
fopen(const char*, const char*)'

How can I fix it ?

fopen() expects a const char*, not a std::string (if that's what
"string" is). Just do

fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt");

I tried

fopen((const char) fileName, "rt");

No. First, fopen() expects a const char* (a string), not a const char
(a character). Second, you cannot convert a std::string to a const
char.
Jonathan

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

Jae wrote:

"Jonathan Mcdougall" <jo************ ***@gmail.com> wrote in message

Jae wrote:

Real(const string &fileName)
{
FILE * myInputFile = fopen(fileName, "rt");
fclose(myInputF ile);
}
I'd like to read a file names from fileName. However, I always got an
error

error: cannot convert `const std::basic_stri ng<char,
std::char_trait s<char>,
std::allocator< char> >' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `FILE*
fopen(const char*, const char*)'

How can I fix it ?
fopen() expects a const char*, not a std::string (if that's what
"string" is). Just do

fopen(fileName. c_str(), "rt");

I got it. Thanks a lot !!

Glad you did, but please do not top-post next time
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-post).
Jonathan