Getline not wanting to work, for me

[jerimo]

Hi, would need help with another little problem: getline.
I wrote a small function to make it write to hero_name but it gives me errors.

void character::namehero(){cin.getline(hero_name,15,'\n');}

I:\C++\[OOP]T-RPG\player.cpp||In member function 'void character::namehero()':|
I:\C++\[OOP]T-RPG\player.cpp|6|error: no matching function for call to 'std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::getline(std::string&, int, char)'|
d:\james\programming\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\g cc\mingw32\4.4.1\include\c++\istream|593|note: candidates are: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::getline(_CharT*, std::streamsize, _CharT) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]|
d:\james\programming\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\g cc\mingw32\4.4.1\include\c++\istream|405|note: std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::basic_istream<_CharT, _Traits>::getline(_CharT*, std::streamsize) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

[whiteflags]

cin.getline is not for strings, it is for character arrays. Call std::getline (from <string>) instead.

[jerimo]

OH,ok!
I'll try that and come back with the answer

Edit: does it work in the same way or is the syntax diferent?
Isn't it <cstring>, for C++?

[rags_to_riches]

#include <string> for C++ standard library strings. #include <cstring> for C-style character arrays (strcmp, strcpy, etc.)

[jerimo]

Ok, now for the first question: "does it work in the same way or is the syntax diferent?"

[rags_to_riches]

The syntax is different; compare istream::getline - C++ Reference to string::getline - C++ Reference

[jerimo]

Thanks will try it out!