Thread: Initializing an array? what is goin on

Originally Posted by mburt

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int number[] = {1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0};
int count = 0;
for (int i=0;i<=8;i++) {
if (number[i]==1) {count++;};
};
cout << count;
system("PAUSE");
}

I'm not quite sure of what that code is supposed to be doing or why it has anything to do with strings or character arrays. I could tell you that you're indentation is bad and you're making unsafe calls to system(). In any event, there is nothing there that couldn't be done with a string.

Originally Posted by lilrayray

Hmm strings seam nice. I almost feel like i am betraying C.

Well you're writing C++ code... so if you feel like you're betraying C you might as well feel like you're betraying Java because you aren't using that, either.

Originally Posted by lilrayray

Also, being neww to C++, I see std:: a lot and really havent found an explaination. Would anyone mind explainging this?

It's a namespace. All standard libraries are in the std namespace, there for unless you declare that you're using it at the top of your code then you have to qualify all standard identifiers with the namespace. If you don't understand this yet, don't worry, just keep learning.

Originally Posted by mburt

#include<string>
using namespace std;

as I said before

than just use this as a type of variable:

string mystring = "test";

We try and avoid this as it's a bad habit to get in to, even though in his case it's likely fine. Just avoid using the "using" directive inside of headers.