Yurttas/PL/OOL/Cplusplus/F/07/02/01/05/get string.cpp

 1/*
 2   Copyright(C) 1998
 3   All Rights Reserved. Salih Yurttas, ZCubes, BitsOfCode Software Systems, Inc..
 4
 5   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
 6   software and its documentation for EDUCATIONAL purposes
 7   and without fee is hereby granted provided that this
 8   copyright notice appears in all copies.
 9  
10   date   : January 1, 1998.
11   author : Salih Yurttas.
12
13   get_string.cpp
14*/
15
16
17#include <iostream>
18#include <fstream>
19
20#include <string>
21
22using namespace std;
23
24string get_string(const string s) {
25  string filename;
26
27  cout << endl;
28  cout << "-> input filename : ";
29  cin >> filename;
30
31  ifstream f_in(filename.c_str());
32
33  if(!f_in) {
34    cerr << "File named as " << filename << " is not opened for input." << endl;
35    exit(1);
36  }
37
38  string a;
39
40  f_in >> a;
41
42  f_in.close();
43
44  return a;
45}