#include <iostream>
#include <string> //if you want to do the new school way you need to include the string library as it will allow you to use strings

/*also if you want to do the new school way you will need to put using
namespace::std at the beginning of the source file, i generally put it
right after i declare my header files. This will allow you to use things
like endl, cin, cout, etc... without having to type out std::cout, std::cin, etc..*/

//also remember to remove the comment lines for whichever method you wish to use

int main(){
/*
//new school way using strings

std::string a; //declare a string variable
std::cout<<"Enter a file name you wish to use then press enter:"; //tell the user what you want them to do
std::cin>>a; //take user input and store it in the string variable you declared earlier
std::endl;//add a new line character to tidy up a bit
*/

//==============================================================================================================



//old school way of managing strings and it also allows you to put a limit on how big the name can be


//int a=3; //this value will determine the max number of characters the string will store but you always must
           //account for the \0. So for example if you want something to hold 3 characters the limiter or the variable
           //b in this case will have to be at least 4.


//char b[a]; //here we made a character array. b represents the array itself while a represents the individual characters in the array
//std::cout<<"Enter a name (only the first 2 letters will be stored) then press enter:";//tell the user what to do
//std::cin.get(b,a);//cin in this case tell the computer to store the value into b and get tells the computer to get the amount to store
//std::endl(std::cout);//tidies up the output by starting at a new line you need to use this format when using the old school method after using cin
//std::cout<<b;//outputs the array b
return 0;
};