Thread: Strings in C++?

Hi Everyone,
I'm new here, so please don't be so harsh on me hehe.

So basically, I went out and purchased "C++ For Dummies, 5th Edition", and read the variables section. It says for strings, you use it in the following format:

Code:

string szMyString;

However, when I put this in, I get a compiler error. I don't think string is recognised as a variable type because it doesn't get highlighted.

So I was wondering, what's going on? Does C++ even support strings? Is there some sort of different header apart from the iostream I need to include?

Oh, happy new year everyone, hope you've all had an excellent Christmas.

Thanks .

Originally Posted by laserlight

You need to #include <string>. Also, unless you have a using directive like using namespace std; or a using declaration like using std::string;, you should fully qualify the name as std::string.

Thanks a lot!
Have an excellent new year.

Nice Thanks guys.