Thread: Illegal Zero Sized Array?

Does anybody know why this error shows? I thought you could make arrays without a set size? heres my code.

Code:

#include<iostream.h>

class Movie
{
	private:
		char mTitle[];
		int mYear;
		char mDir[];
	public:
		void setTitle(char mTitle[]);
		void setYear(int mYear);
		void setDirector(char mDir[]);
		void Display;
}

int main()
{
	Movie myFavoriteMovie;
	myFavoriteMovie.setTitle(mTitle[]);
	myFavoriteMovie.setYear(mYear);
	myFavoriteMovie.setDirector(mDir[]);
	myFavoriteMovie.Display;


}


void setTitle(char mTitle[])
{
	cout<<"Enter the movie title: ";
	cin>>mTitle[];
}

void setYear(int mYear)
{
	cout<<"Enter the year the movie was made: ";
	cin>>mYear;
}

void setDirector(char mDir[]);
{
	cout<<"Enter the directors name: ";
	cin>>mDir[];
}

void Display;
{
	cout<<"The movie '"<<mTitle[]<<"' was made in "<<mYear<<" and was directed by "<<mDir[]".";

(i know theres other errors in ther, i just want to get to this one first)

what does this error meam:

error C2664: 'setTitle' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char []'
Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

Code:

#include<iostream.h>

class Movie
{
	private:
		char mTitle[15];
		int mYear;
		char mDir[15];
	public:
		void setTitle(char Title[15]);
		void setYear(int Year);
		void setDirector(char Dir[15]);
		void Display();
};

void main()
{
	char Title[15];
	int Year;
	char Dir[15];


	cout<<"Enter the movie title: ";
	cin>>Title[15];
	cout<<"Enter the year the movie was made: ";
	cin>>Year;
	cout<<"Enter the directors name: ";
	cin>>Dir[15];

	Movie myFavoriteMovie;
	myFavoriteMovie.setTitle(Title[15]);
	myFavoriteMovie.setYear(Year);
	myFavoriteMovie.setDirector(Dir[15]);
	myFavoriteMovie.Display();


};


void setTitle(char Title[15])
{
	strcpy(mTitle[15], Title[15]);
};

void setYear(int Year)
{
	mYear=Year;
};

void setDirector(char Dir[15]);
{
	strcpy(mDir[15], Dir[15]);
};

void Display();
{
	cout<<"The movie '"<<Title[15]<<"' was made in "<<Year<<" and was directed by "<<Dir[15]".";
}

why are all my variables unidentifiable now?

Code:

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

class Movie
{
	private:
		char mTitle[15];
		int mYear;
		char mDir[15];
	public:
		void setTitle(char Title);
		void setYear(int Year);
		void setDirector(char Dir);
		void Display();
};

void main()
{
	char Title;
	int Year;
	char Dir;


	cout<<"Enter the movie title: ";
	cin>>Title;
	cout<<"Enter the year the movie was made: ";
	cin>>Year;
	cout<<"Enter the directors name: ";
	cin>>Dir;

	Movie myFavoriteMovie;
	myFavoriteMovie.setTitle(Title);
	myFavoriteMovie.setYear(Year);
	myFavoriteMovie.setDirector(Dir);
	myFavoriteMovie.Display();


};


void setTitle(char Title)
{
	strcpy(mTitle, Title);
};

void setYear(int Year)
{
	mYear=Year;
};

void setDirector(char Dir)
{
	strcpy(mDir, Dir);
};

void Display()
{
	cout<<"The movie '"<<Title<<"' was made in "<<Year<<" and was directed by "<<Dir<<".";
}

the string copy things are the only things giving me problems now....it says:


error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char' to 'const char *'
Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

i dont understand the error, thats all i was asking was what the error meant, i can figure it out if i knew what it meant. im pretty sure that i used the strcpy command right...or did i do it backwards?