Thread: Vector Errors

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    Vector Errors

    It's odd....every attempt I've made at vectors with this code has worked, except this one. I'm really not seeing what's wrong with it.

    [I]Dev-C++ Error Report[/I}
    D:\Dev-Cpp\vectors.cpp In function `int main(int, char**)':
    13 D:\Dev-Cpp\vectors.cpp invalid conversion from `const char*' to ` char'
    13 D:\Dev-Cpp\vectors.cpp initializing argument 1 of `void std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>:ush_back(_CharT) [with _CharT =
    ...
    16 D:\Dev-Cpp\vectors.cpp no `operator++(int)' declared for postfix `++ ', trying prefix operator instead
    16 D:\Dev-Cpp\vectors.cpp no match for 'operator++' in '++ vstr_Inventory'
    Code:
    ///**********************************************************///
    /*********************VECTOR-EXPERIMENTS***********************/
    ///**********************************************************///
    
    // Project: Vector-Experiments
    // Compiler: Mingw Port of GCC
    // IDE: Dev-C++ 4.9.9.0
    // Operating System: Win Pro CE
    // File: main.cpp
    // Description: An attempt to write an inventory script, this is just
    //  example code from the original file, but all the code is the
    //  same anyways besides the vector size.
    
    #include <iostream>
    #include <vector>
    #include <string>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main(int argc, char **argv)
    {
      //Vector size is normally 10, but reduced to 3 for speed / 
      // demonstration purposes.
      vector<string> vstr_Inventory(3);
       vector<string>::iterator iter_vstr_Inventory = vstr_Inventory.begin();
       vstr_Inventory[0].push_back("Sacrament of the Dead");
       vstr_Inventory[1].push_back("Revealing Light");
       vstr_Inventory[2].push_back("Revitalizing Flask");
       for(iter_vstr_Inventory; iter_vstr_Inventory <= vstr_Inventory.end(); vstr_Inventory++)
       {
         std::cout << "The item in slot x is:" << *iter_vstr_Inventory;
       }
       system("pause");
       return 0;
     }
    It's odd...I don't see what's wrong with vstr_Inventory[0].push_back("string here.."); I tried taking out the spaces if it didn't like that(even if the errors said otherwise, seems to work sometimes), but of course to no avail. Those errors are just too cryptic for me, and I don't see how it wants a const char...isn't that what I'm giving it? o_0
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    Code:
       vstr_Inventory[0].push_back("Sacrament of the Dead");
       vstr_Inventory[1].push_back("Revealing Light");
       vstr_Inventory[2].push_back("Revitalizing Flask");
    You're getting errors because you're pushing back a const char* on to a string.

    By doing vstr_Inventory[0], you're grabbing the first string variable, and not setting the actual vector class.

    Do this instead:

    Code:
       vstr_Inventory[0]="Sacrament of the Dead";
       vstr_Inventory[1]="Revealing Light";
       vstr_Inventory[2]="Revitalizing Flask";
    Also, the for loop should be:
    Code:
    iter_vstr_Inventory < vstr_Inventory.end()
    As in your code, you're reading one more inventory item than you need.
    Last edited by jverkoey; 03-23-2005 at 06:58 PM.

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    Describe vstr_Inventory. Is that a vector of string, or an array of vector of string?

    Kuphryn

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    Your for loop should look something like this:

    vector<string>::const_iterator iter_vstr_Inventory = vstr_Inventory.begin();
    for(; iter_vstr_Inventory != vstr_Inventory.end(); ++vstr_Inventory)

    The const_ is not necessary depending on what you will do with the string. You should always use != to compare iterators. You should generally prefer ++x to x++ if you aren't using the return value.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kuphryn
    Describe vstr_Inventory. Is that a vector of string, or an array of vector of string?

    Kuphryn
    It's a vector of type string.

    Thanks Dave I was thinking of using const_iterator but it seemed it didn't like vector<string>::iterator for some reason o_o
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