Can't add string literals.

I posted this problem in another post but seeing how that was for a different problem and I'd already been given a solution I thought I'd make a new post.
For some reason, I cannot add string literals using the + operator. I've tried tons of different functions such as copy(), strcat(), etc. BUT every friggin time, it either gives me error C2110 or it compiles and gives me a unreadable figure. I've tried conversions, I've tried everything that I know including 3 different compilers (Borland, VC, GNU GCC).

Would someone please find my dunce mistake so I can get on with my coding self?
If you need the compilable code please ask.

Code:

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

using namespace std;

char getGrid()
{
    char grid[6][6];
    for ( int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
    {
        for ( int j = 0; j < 6; j++)
        {
            char* szResult = new char[255];
            memset(szResult, 0x00, 255);
            char szKey[] = "grid[" + i + "][" + j + "]"; // WILL NOT DO WHAT I NEED.
                                                          //This isn't the only option I've tried.
                                                        //Probably something easy I'm missing...

            cout << szKey << " " << i << " " << j << endl; //int i and int j have normal values.
            GetPrivateProfileString("Grid", szKey, "", szResult, 255, ".\\default.ini");
            grid[i][j] = (int)szResult;
        }

    }
    return **grid;
}

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You can't do this in C or C++.

Code:

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char szKey[] = "grid[" + i + "][" + j + "]"; // WILL NOT DO WHAT I NEED.

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But of course, you've figured that out by now!!

Define szKey as a C++ String and then try the *concatenation operator* (aka, the plus sign).

However, you can't use + on integers with strings - only strings and char arrays.

http://www.cppreference.com/wiki/str...ring_operators

One possible solution is to use stringstream, which is the C++ corresponding to sprintf.

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Mats

matsp, thanks. This seems to work very well.