Newbie: string in system()

[underplay]

Hi, im trying have to my program get a user specified ip, then apply that ip to the end of system() as a command line option. help would be great thx!

[quzah]

Originally posted by underplay
Hi, im trying have to my program get a user specified ip, then apply that ip to the end of system() as a command line option. help would be great thx!

strcat it to a buffer, system( buffer ).

Quzah.

[underplay]

remember im newbie can u plz set an example?

[Hammer]

Originally posted by underplay
remember im newbie can u plz set an example?

You need to try first, or at least give us a clue as to what direction we're going.

Are you working with C++ strings or C strings (char arrays) ? I guess I'll have to explain with an example:

// C style string
char ipaddress[30];
std::cin >>ipaddress;

// C++ style string
std::string ipaddress;
std::cin >>ipaddress;

Which are you using?

[Codeplug]

User input examples here.
strcat() example here

gg