<myprogram> has encountered a problem and needs to close. Why?

[PickleMan]

Code:

    char* filepath;
    cout<<"What is the name of the Move Pak that you want to import?"<<endl<<"\"_DEFAULT.pak\" is the default one."<<endl;
    cin>>filepath;
    char* final;
    char working_directory[_MAX_PATH];
    GetCurrentPath(working_directory);
    srand((unsigned)time(0)); 
    CIniReader::CIniReader ini;
    strcat(final,working_directory);
    strcat(final,(const char*)"\\");
    strcat(final,(const char*) filepath);
    ini.CIniInit(final);

Why does that happen? I think it is with strcat.

[PickleMan]

PLEASE HELP!

[PickleMan]

PLEASE!!! I NEED HELP!

[Disch]

char*s are not strings, they're pointers. You cannot strcat or cin to a pointer unless it actually points to something.

use std::string, or learn how to use C-strings properly. Refer here:

http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/ntcs.html

Also, this is not a chatroom. People aren't here 24/7 to be on your every beck and call. If you don't get an answer in an hour or 2, people just might not have seen your post yet. Be patient. Posting several times in all caps just irritates people.

[PickleMan]

Sorry.
I have another problem.

    char filepath[128];
    cout<<"What is the name of the Move Pak that you want to import?"<<endl<<"\"_DEFAULT.pak\" is the default one."<<endl;
    cin>>filepath;
    char final[256];
    char working_directory[_MAX_PATH];
    GetCurrentPath(working_directory);
    srand((unsigned)time(0)); 
    CIniReader::CIniReader ini;
    strcat(final,working_directory);
    strcat(final,"\\");
    strcat(final,filepath);
    ini.CIniInit((char*)final);
    cout<<final<<endl;

It is messed up. It has 4 weird characters before the wanted string.

[jsmith]

If you are going to use strcat on line 9, you have to initialize the first character of final[] to \0 so the string appears to start empty.

[PickleMan]

Aaarrrggghh! I'm used to so many different languages! :(

Thanks!