string and char

hi...

im newbies in C...
ive got a problem hope ur guys please take a look at it...

Code:

int main () {
    string line;
  char line1[60], c[] ="object Class" ;
  ifstream myfile ("example.txt");
  if (myfile.is_open())
  {
    while (! myfile.eof() )
    {
      getline (myfile,line); //--->problem here
        line1 = line;
      if (line1 == line2) 
          {cout << line2 << endl;}
    }
    myfile.close();
  }

  else cout << "Unable to open file"; 

  return 0;
}

line - registered as string
line1 - registered as char with size of 60
line2 - is char "object Class"

error - Error E2277 test6.cpp 15: Lvalue required in function main()

how can i compare line and line2?
how can a string (line) can be converted to char (line1)?

really need help...
shatred

Code:

while (! myfile.eof() )

Read the FAQ entitled "Why not to use feof() to control a loop". http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284351

Also see (for your main problem) http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385

oh sorry...i really thinks its C prog, thanks anyway, but to convert from string (read from file) to char (strcmp), i got a little problem...

This is C? I don't think so.

Code:

string line;

Why do you think you need character arrays? Why not use only strings?

To convert from string to character array, you call the .c_str() function of the string object. To copy that into your own character array, you need to use strcpy which copies C style strings. However, under most circumstances you should not need to do this, as the C++ string class should be good enough.

>> Read the FAQ entitled "Why not to use feof() to control a loop".
The problems listed in that FAQ will not cause an issue here, although the solution is still appropriate: while (getline (myfile,line)).

tq Dave & dwks...

yeah and thank you so much for the reply, i do that because
i want to read a file that contain string like below

object Class A
object Attribute A

i use getline for the string right?
and the output should be 2 string line ....
but after that i want to trace if the 1st string line (getline) have the string = "object Class" or not...
if yes, only the "A" string after the "object Class" string will be stored into another file...
and the 2nd is not, so it will not be store,
the main problem is "A" string could be anything, eg. "BOOK"...
and the line also can be more than 10...
what is the recomended solution for the problem...and what is whitespace, is it spacebace in text...
could u assist ur opinion...

In addition to the objects and member functions you are using you will need these:

http://www.cppreference.com/cppstring/find.html
Use find() to locate instances of "object Class" in data which you've read from input;

http://www.cppreference.com/cppstring/substr.html
Use substr() to take out what you need to write as output or to another file.