How to create ofstream file with name of variable?

Question

char NAME[256];
cin.getline (NAME,256);
ofstream fout(\"NAME.txt\"); //NAME???????

What i need to do to create file with NAME name?

Answer 1

You can try this.

#include 
#include 
#include 

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string fileName;
    cout << "Give a name to your file: ";
    cin >> fileName;
    fileName += ".txt"; // important to create .txt file.
    ofstream createFile;
    createFile.open(fileName.c_str(), ios::app);
    createFile << "This will give you a new file with a name that user input." << endl;
    return 0;
}