string array assignment problem

[tlinetrader]

hey all,
new to the forum, hope you can help.

Can anyone tell me why the following code doesn't work:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string aName[20];
    int index;

    index=1;
    aName[index] = "whatever";

    return 0;
}

I'm trying to assign a string to the second element of a string array.

thanks

[GReaper]

Why do you think it doesn't work?

[oogabooga]

Add a cout << aName[index] << "\n"; after it to see if it works. It should.

[tlinetrader]

when i run the code it assigns an empty string ("") to aName[1]. The code will assign the string if index = 0, but not any value higher than 0.

[tlinetrader]

OK. I see my problem. The code is working. Its the way values are displayed in a watch window that confused me. When I enter aName[index] in the watch window i see the text. When i enter aName in the watch window I see "". I think the watch window is only displaying aName[0] when i enter aName (which doesn't have a value assigned).