Thread: Error Cannot Convert Parameter 1

No, that's to easy... besides how will I learn pointers if I don't use them.

This thread is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure this has all been pointed out already, but here's another try.

> for(int lp=0;lp!=30;lp++)
This should be:
for(int lp=0;lp<30;lp++)

> data.get(*programs[lp]);
Try getline() and take off the star:
data.getline(programs[lp],21);

> strcpy(programs[lp],&"EMPTYSLOT ");
This should be:
strcpy(programs[lp],"EMPTYSLOT ");

> cout << *programs[1];

This should be:
cout << programs[1];
Or if you want the first string:
cout << programs[0];

Since nothing here seems to be helping you maybe look at this link it helped me to understand pointers...

seriously, it's good to try challenging things to help you learn, but I think you're out of your depth on this one Dr. Droid.
You don't seem prepared to listen to people's advice anyway

I've narrowed all of the errors down to mainly this:

Code:

&data.get(programs[lp]);

&data.get(programs[lp],20);

with and without the & before data. And about that other stuff was; how else was I going to practice pointers :p .

seriously, it's good to try challenging things to help you learn, but I think you're out of your depth on this one Dr. Droid.
You don't seem prepared to listen to people's advice anyway

what makes you think that? I've tried everything that's been posted here. Despite what you may think I have, and even read that thing on pointers. I understand pointers in concept, and I think I know them in syntax... I've tried going through it to make sure there was a pointer, "pointee", a refrence etc.

Heres the code now:

Code:

#include <iostream> 
#include <fstream> 
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

char proglist[31][21];
char (*programs)[31][21];

bool charcheck(char* first, char* second)
{
	bool success=true;
	int lp=0;
	for(;;)
	{
		if(first[lp]!=second[lp])
		{	
			success=false;
			break;
		}
		else if(first[lp]=='\0' && second[lp]!='\0')
		{
			success=false;
			break;
		}
		else if(first[lp]!='\0'&& second[lp]=='\0')
		{
			success=false;
			break;
		}
		else if(success==true && first[lp]=='\0' && second[lp]=='\0')
		{
			break;
		}
		lp++;
	}
	return success;
}

int main()
{
	programs=&proglist;
	ifstream data("proglist.txt");
	for(int lp=0;lp<=30;lp++)
	{
		&data.get(programs[lp][0],20);
		if(charcheck(programs[lp][0]," ")==true)
		{
			cout << "test";
			strcpy(programs[lp][0],&"EMPTYSLOT ");
		}
	}
	data.close();
	cout << programs[1];
	getch();
	return 0;
}

Well, I used error flagging and found that it got all the way to here and then crashed.

for(int lp=0;lp<=30;lp++)
{
&data.get(programs[lp][0],20);
if(charcheck(programs[lp][0]," ")==true)
{
cout << "test";
strcpy(programs[lp][0],&"EMPTYSLOT ");
}
HERE
}
data.close();

edit: and this is the file... btw, I'm changing the code on page two again.

Code:

this is a test

Lol, i plan on changing the file once I get everythign running. Basically what I'm doing is loading a file that lists words, I'm loading thoughs words into an array(proglist) which I am pointing to with *program.

take it easy on the little guy. he's just a kid