Thread: Vector class -STL lib

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    Vector class -STL lib

    I am new with vectors and STL library. please tell where I'm going wrong?

    Code:
    	int t,i;
    	char ch;
    	char arr[400];
    	vector<char> exp;
    	stack<char> s;
    
    	cin>>t;
    	for(i=0;i<t;i++)
    	{
    		cin>>arr;
    		exp.push_back(arr);                      <<-- what's wrong here?
    	}

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    You are trying to push back an array - you could do that if you have a vector that holds arrays (e.g vector<char [400]> I think the syntax of that would be). If you actually want your vector to hold each character as an individual element, then you need to loop through the array and push_back each element.

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    Any reason why you don't use a string for input? Then you could easily use the insert method to append characters from the string to the vector.

    Code:
    string s;
    vector<char> v;
    v.insert(v.end(), s.begin(), s.end());
    (insert would work with char array too, but you'd first need to find out where the null terminator is.)
    I might be wrong.

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    Personally, I'd use something like this, assuming I've correctly guessed what you wanted to do.
    Code:
    vector<string> data;
    
    string line;
    while(getline(cin, line)) {
        data.push_back(line);
    }
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    Quote Originally Posted by matsp View Post
    You are trying to push back an array - you could do that if you have a vector that holds arrays (e.g vector<char [400]> I think the syntax of that would be).
    You can't have a vector of arrays, because arrays do not follow the same constructor syntax as classes and primitives. It may work if you specify an special allocator.
    It is too clear and so it is hard to see.
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