C++ string help?

I need the user to input:


-the name of the file to read from


-name a file to be created to output the data





Ignoring the rest of the program, here is the part i'm having problems with:





#include %26lt;string%26gt;





int main()


{


// Filenames


string inFilename = "";


string outFilename = "";


// For file I/O


ifstream fin; //input file stream


ofstream fout; //output file stream





//User input of file name


cout%26lt;%26lt;"Enter the name of the input file: ";


getline(cin,inFilename);


//Works fine at this point, and opens the named file





//User input of file name


cout%26lt;%26lt;"Enter the new filename: ";


cin%26gt;%26gt;outFilename;


getline(cin,outFilename);





return 0;


}





When I compile I get no errors, but when I run the program, it will open the original file fine, but the output file won't pass the validity check, and won't even output the name of the file I had the user input in the error code as called for. What is the difference between the two!?!??!

C++ string help?
Actually, I don't see how that code is doing what you want. Try this;





std::string infilename;


std::string outfilename:





int main()


{





std::cout%26lt;%26lt;"please enter file to be opened"%26lt;%26lt;std::endl;


std::cin%26gt;%26gt;infilename;





fstream in(infilename.c_str(), ios::in);


if (in.good())


{


std::cout%26lt;%26lt;"file opening successful....."%26lt;%26lt;std::endl;


}





else if(in.bad())


{


std::cout%26lt;%26lt;" file opening failure....."%26lt;%26lt;std::endl;


return 0;


}





std::cout%26lt;%26lt;"please enter output filename"%26lt;%26lt;std::endl;


std::cin%26gt;%26gt;outfilename;





ofstream out(outfilename.c_str(), ios::out);


out%26lt;%26lt;"hi, I'm writing to this file!"%26lt;%26lt;std::endl;





in.close();


out.close();





return 0;





}