Yurttas/PL/OOL/Cplusplus/F/07/02/01/90/get string.cpp

 1/*
 2   Copyright(C) 2002
 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   : September 1, 2002.
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() {
25  string a;
26
27  string filename;
28
29  cout << endl;
30  cout << "--> input filename : ";
31  cin >> filename;
32
33  ifstream f_in(filename.c_str());
34
35  if(!f_in) {
36    cerr << "File named as " << filename << " is not opened for input." << endl;
37    exit(1);
38  }
39  else
40    getline(f_in, a, '\n');
41
42  f_in.close();
43
44  return a;
45}