Thread: msvc++ and strings ?

hi,

i'm using msvc++ and when i declare a string:
string my_string;

shouldn't the word string turn to blue like int or double?

also, what header file do i use? i've tried <string> and <cstring> and i'm still having trouble with strings.

lets say i want to get someone's full name as one large string, is it possible? for example i have:

Code:

string full_name;
cout << "enter full name: "; cin >> full_name;

what happens is that when i type "first last" during run-time, i only output "first"

how can i get all of it?

thanks,
barneygumble742

hi,

thanks for the reply...tons of info.
the code you provided:

Code:

string full_name;
getline(cin,full_name);

blew up on me.

shouldn't it be:

Code:

char full_name;
cin.getline(full_name, # of characters);

and even when i do that it works normally. however when i implement it into my class, it blows up on me once again.

thanks.

>> shouldn't it be

No, it shouldn't. If you are using the C++ string class like your original post indicated, you should use the code that uses string.

Explain what you mean by blew up, and show the code that you tried to run.

it seems that getline in MSVC++ has a bad implementation
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...643#post466246

Originally Posted by xErath

it seems that getline in MSVC++ has a bad implementation
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...643#post466246

I use MSVC++6 and it doesn't blow up on me. There is a bug in getline(), which can be fixed, but if I remember correctly the bug just makes you have to hit enter twice.

i got that patch for msvc++ and it also solved a problem i had where msvc got stuck at compilation. even after the patch my code still doesn't work. can someone take a look at it for me to see what i'm doing wrong?..if you have time.

thanks

Code:

//file.h
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class guitar
{
public:
	guitar();			//default constructor
	guitar(string name);		//overloaded constructor
	int input();
	void output();

private:
	string name;
	int year_made;
};

Code:

//file.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include "file.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
guitar temp;
temp.input();
temp.output();

return 0;
}

int guitar::input()
{
	cout << "Enter the make: ";	cin >> name;
return 0;
}

void guitar::output()
{
	cout	<<	name			<<	endl;		//does not display multiple words. only displays one word.
}

guitar::guitar(){}

i just tried:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
string name;
	cout << "enter something: ";
	getline(cin, name);
	cout << name << endl;
return 0;
}

it prints two words but i have to press enter again...weird.

It makes you hit enter twice? You do realize that such a problem was just mentioned earlier in this thread, right? Look up a couple posts, follow the link, read that thread. Follow the link in there to the fix at dinkumware. You only need to fix <string> and if you're feeling spunky <istream>.

There is a CString type, you could always use that I think. Im a noob to VC++ as well