Thread: My Visual C++ is starting to really um... screw up to put it nicely

Looks like header files just don't work anymore. Especially the good old <string.h>.

I made a test just to see if something was wrong... and there was.

Here's the codes that I've tried

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
	string str1="Strings don't work with my Visual C++ 6.0";
	cout<<str1;
	return 0;
}

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
	string str1="Strings don't work with my Visual C++ 6.0";
	cout<<str1;
	return 0;
}

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>

int main()
{
	string str1="Strings don't work with my Visual C++ 6.0";
	cout<<str1;
	return 0;
}

And as luck would have it I always get the same errors:

Code:

--------------------Configuration: Testing - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
main.cpp
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(6) : error C2065: 'string' : undeclared identifier
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(6) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'str1'
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(6) : error C2065: 'str1' : undeclared identifier
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(6) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char [42]' to 'int'
        This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(7) : error C2065: 'cout' : undeclared identifier
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\testing\main.cpp(7) : warning C4552: '<<' : operator has no effect; expected operator with side-effect
Error executing cl.exe.

Testing.exe - 5 error(s), 1 warning(s)

So what's wrong with my Visual C++ and is there any other way to fix it besides re-installing it? Or am i just stupid? (please don't say that because it won't really help the situation even though it could be true)

nope...

If you're using the current standard for headers, without the .h, you need to add a using statement, e.g.,
using namespace std;
Some people consider it wasteful to add the entire std namespace, so they'll add just the individual components they're using:
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
etc.
If you don't add the using statements, each time you use one of the components from the header libraries you must prefix it with std::
std::cout << "You must use std::cout in this case";
This seems tedious to me, but some people do code that way.