From cb834bd7932ccddb621b168d3d8be6231f21cdbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: talksik <patel.arjun50@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 22:46:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] reference instead

---
 src/Main.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Main.cpp b/src/Main.cpp
index 2885523..0f7bc61 100644
--- a/src/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/Main.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
-std::string read_line(std::string file_path) {
+std::string read_line(std::string& file_path) {
   // Create an ifstream object and associate it with the file "example.txt".
   std::ifstream infile(file_path);
 
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ std::string read_line(std::string file_path) {
 int main() {
   std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
 
-  std::string line = read_line("../example.txt");
+  std::string file_path = "../example.txt";
+  std::string line = read_line(file_path);
 
   return 0;
 }