what is this line for

[ProgramMaster]

I am looking over a code for opening a file but i don't know what this line is for what is fstream fin

	std::fstream fin("script.txt", std::ios::in);
	if(fin.fail())
	{
		throw std::string("Unable to load the database: script.txt");
	}.

[MikeyBoy]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=std%3A%3Afstream

[ProgramMaster]

yeah fin is nowhere to be found but anyway thanks

[MikeyBoy]

*sigh* If you actually bothered to read the results you were getting about std::fstream, you'd understand.

std::fstream is a type.

fin is just the name of a variable of type std::fstream. Whoever wrote that bit of code could have given that variable any name - it was just their choice to call it fin.

[Manga]

Maybe to prevent confusion we should rename it. How about this?

std::fstream ProgramMaster("script.txt", std::ios::in);
	if(ProgramMaster.fail())
	{
		throw std::string("Unable to load the database: script.txt");
	}. 

Although maybe 'fin' stood for something like 'file in'?

[ProgramMaster]

Alright thank you i understand know thanks for the help