string to char array?

**theroguechemist** · 03-04-2004

Hi again.

The situation:

Code:

string un[ not_important ];

...

char username[24];
username = un[ not_important ]; //error happens here 

...

if(strcmp(input, username) == 0)
{
     //blah; input is a character array
}

The error I get is as follows:
incompatible types in assignment of 'string' to 'char[24]'

I've looked around and so far I haven't come up with anything.

ELABORATE IDEA #1! : I thought about simply making username a string, instead of a character array. But then it won't pass into strcmp().

Any fixes?

**Salem** · 03-04-2004

Stick to using strings for everything unless you absolutely need a char array for something

For example, you should be able to do this with two strings

Code:

if ( input == username ) {
    // blah
}

Remember, these are classes you're dealing with, so operator overloading applies and == should be overloaded to do the "right thing"

**ripper079** · 03-04-2004

You cannot assign a char-array like that. Use strcpy (for char array)and c_str (for std::string objects). By using only std::string objects would certainly make life easier.

**theroguechemist** · 03-04-2004

'tis been done. Thanks for the help. It works...

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