CPE 112 – Computer Methods in Engineeing

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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UAH

CPE 112

Implementation

•void OpenForInput( /*inout*/ ifstream& someFile ) // File to be

• // opened

// Prompts the user for the name of an input file

// and attempts to open the file

{

• string fileName; // User-specified file name

•

• cout << "Input file name: ";

• cin >> fileName;

someFile.open(fileName.c_str());

if ( !someFile )

cout << "** Can't open " << fileName << " **" << endl;

•}

•