Thread: starting up a c++ project using visual C++ version 6

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    starting up a c++ project using visual C++ version 6

    I have gotten a problem with the cin and cout not behaving properly. I have included <iostream> as I'm supposed to, and modified cin and cout as std::cin and std::cout when using them (after searching through a bit online). However, I have gotten into a scenario where I can't see anything displayed properly and the program eventually crashing. From debugging the code, it appears that the cout and cin calls in my member functions were at fault. Could that be b/c I'm using Visual Studio version 6?

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    Could that be b/c I'm using Visual Studio version 6?
    That is possible. What is the code that you tried to compile with?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Here is my CBulb.h:

    Code:
    class CBulb
    {
    private:
    	int state;		// state of the bulb (0=off, 1=on)		
    public:
    	void print(void);		// prints the value of state
    	void setstate(void);		// sets state = the new value entered
    };
    the source code for CBulb.cpp:
    Code:
    #include "CBulb.h"
    #include <iostream>
    
    void CBulb::print(void)
    {
    	std::cout<<"The value of state is "<<state<<std::endl ;
    }
    
    void CBulb::setstate(void)
    {
    	std::cin>>"Please enter the new value of the bulb state in 0(on) or 1(off) ">>state ;
    	std::cout<<" "<<std::endl;
    }
    and this is my driver cpp:
    Code:
    #include "CBulb.h"
    #include <iostream>
    
    void CBulb::print(void)
    {
    	std::cout<<"The value of state is "<<state<<std::endl ;
    }
    
    void CBulb::setstate(void)
    {
    	std::cin>>"Please enter the new value of the bulb state in 0(on) or 1(off) ">>state ;
    	std::cout<<" "<<std::endl;
    }
    They are compiled using "Multithreaded DLLs" run-time library on "Pentium" processor in the code generation settings of the project.

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    This is not correct as you are trying to read into a string literal:
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    std::cin>>"Please enter the new value of the bulb state in 0(on) or 1(off) ">>state ;
    It should be:
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    std::cout << "Please enter the new value of the bulb state in 0(on) or 1(off) ";
    std::cin >> state;
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Thank you. I got confused by the different links on the >> and << operators. Haven't done C++ programming in a while.

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    That said, I suggest you upgrade to MSVC8 or 9 (Visual C++ 2005 or 2008), or to the MinGW port of g++ 3.4.5 (which can be used with a number of IDEs including Code Blocks, Dev-C++, Eclipse and Netbeans).
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Very well aware of that myself, but I was told to use MSVC 6.

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