Open file by its full path in C++

Question

I want the user to give me the full path where the file exists and not just the file name. How do I open the file this way?

Is it something like this:

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Answer 1

For those who are getting the path dynamicly... e.g. drag&drop:

Some main constructions get drag&dropped file with double quotes like:

"C:\MyPath\MyFile.txt"

Quick and nice solution is to use this function to remove chars from string:

void removeCharsFromString( string &str, char* charsToRemove ) {
   for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < strlen(charsToRemove); ++i ) {
      str.erase( remove(str.begin(), str.end(), charsToRemove[i]), str.end() );
   }
} 

string myAbsolutepath; //fill with your absolute path
removeCharsFromString( myAbsolutepath, "\"" );

myAbsolutepath now contains just C:\MyPath\MyFile.txt

The function needs these libraries: .
The function was based on this answer.

Working Fiddle: http://ideone.com/XOROjq