How do I create a program in C plus plus program to visit a URL based on the month and date for example if its January 31 2009 then go to examplecom slash 20090131 htm?

Answer 1

To create a C++ program that visits a URL based on the current month and date, you can use the <ctime> library to get the current date and format it accordingly. Then, you can construct the URL string and use a system call to open it in the default web browser. Here's a simple example:

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <sstream>

int main() {
    std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
    std::tm* now = std::localtime(&t);
    
    std::ostringstream url;
    url << "http://example.com/" 
        << (now->tm_year + 1900) 
        << (now->tm_mon + 1 < 10 ? "0" : "") << (now->tm_mon + 1) 
        << (now->tm_mday < 10 ? "0" : "") << now->tm_mday 
        << ".htm";
    
    std::string command = "start " + url.str(); // Use "xdg-open" on Linux
    system(command.c_str());
    
    return 0;
}

This program constructs the URL based on the current date and opens it in the default browser. Adjust the command for your operating system if necessary.