file streams

[DarkMoose]

Why doesn't this work:

#include <fstream.h>

ifstream quoteFile("C:\windows\desktop\quote.txt");

The error message basically says that it doesn't like the '\w' or the '\d' or '\q'. so how am i supposed to tell it what directory the file is in...

[crptcblade]

since '\' indicates an escape character, you have to escape it as well. Try...

#include <fstream.h> 

ifstream quoteFile("C:\\windows\\desktop\\quote.txt");