void FileMaker::make_write_outfile_string() { vector<string> file_vec; vector<string>& filevec_r = file_vec; std::wstring tempstring; std::wstring outstring; Options opt = Options(argc, cmdvec); // get the filepaths listed by user opt.fill_arg_vector(filevec_r); //iterate through the filepaths, get each string and concatenate into outstring for (auto filepath : file_vec){ IO io = IO(filepath); tempstring = io.read_file(); outstring += tempstring; } wstring& outstring_r = outstring; // OPTION s : write to standard out if (opt.contains("-s") || opt.contains("--stdout")){ write_stdout(outstring_r); } // OPTION o : write to file else if (opt.contains("-o")){ string outpath = opt.get_output(); string& out_r = outpath; write_file(outstring_r, out_r); } // DEFAULT FILE WRITE else { //write to default filepath string outpath = DEFAULT_OUTPATH; string& out_r = outpath; write_file(outstring_r, out_r); } }