creating the file with the same name as input

cout << "Enter your full name";
char* name ;

cin >> name;
  if( _mkdir("c:\\names") == 0 ) {
     cout << "directory successfully created";
  }  else {
       cout << "there was a problem creating 开发者_Go百科a directory";
     }

Now i want to create a file ( a .txt file ) in the directory names with the same name as the name of the user. I mean the name which the user entered during cin >> name;.

How can i do this ?

ofstream writeName( "c:/names/????); ----> PROBLEM

Use std::string instead of char*. As it is your code has Undefined Behavior. Use std::getline instead of >>. With >> only the first whitespace-separated "word" is input. Then, compose the full path in a std::string. The standard string class supports concatenation, so this should be easy.

Say, if that string is path,

std::ofstream f( path.c_str() );

Cheers & hth.,

You can create a text file by fopen ing the file or with ofstream.

But your way of taking input for name seems wrong. You didn't allocate space for name. Try using malloc or new

The char* points to one char. Since it is not initialized it points to nirvana -> undefined bahavior.

You can try to use char name[MAX_LENGTH_FOR_YOUR_NAME]. It's better to use a std::string name here.