Thread: Weird, won't let me declare....

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    Weird, won't let me declare....

    OK, I included these files:
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    #include <windows.h>
    #include <vector>
    #include <cstring>
    #include <fstream>
    I'm using Dev-C++, and I tried to declare a vector, an iterator for the vector, and a string like this:
    Code:
    vector<string> messages;
    vector<string>::iterator forward;
    string vtext;
    Now, for some reason, I get these stupid errors:
    Code:
    9 C:\TS.cpp `string' does not name a type 
    10 C:\TS.cpp `vector' undeclared (first use this function)
    Then more errors saying that messages, forward, and vtext are not declared. Why would it do this?? I have used vectors before and used strings many many times. This is ridiculous, it will probably turn out to be something stupid. Well, thanks for any help.
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    For string types, you need to include <string>. <cstring> contains functions for null terminated character arrays, i.e cstyle strings.

    You also need some kind of using declaration for the std namespace, e.g.

    using namespace std;

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    By the way, did you know a string is an STL container?
    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    #include<string>
    #include<algorithm> //reverse()
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    
    	string str = "hello world";
    	
    	reverse(str.begin(), str.end());
    	
    	cout<<str<<endl;
    	
    	return 0;
    }
    Last edited by 7stud; 11-24-2005 at 07:19 AM.

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    Yes, I knew that type string was in the std namespace. I found the problem, it was something else that affected it. Thanks.
    Last edited by jmd15; 11-24-2005 at 08:34 AM.
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