Passing parameters

[Ram09]

If I create an ofstream fout in main,

and I want to use it in a method...say process_line

how do I pass it as a parameter?

process_line(fout) ??

void process_line(ofstream &fout){...

I seem to be havin a little trouble with this one... guess that's what happens when you use it once and then try to pull it up 2years later without the program that I made here.

Ram09

[strangerstill]

Well, it always works to pass by reference:

process_line(&fout)

void process_line(ofstream *fout) {...

[AirmanRules]

Streams always passes by reference
THey are objects so you don't return them, so the function should be void.