error pls help

theres some syntax error in del functions definations pls help

Code:

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void del(bank a[max],int size,int o)
{
  for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
  {
    if(o==a[i].acc)
    {
      a[i].name=" ";
      a[i].fn= " ";
      a[i].add= " ";
      a[i].ph= " ";
      a[i].age=(char) " ";
      a[i].type=(char) " ";
      cout<<"\n Account is now deleted";
    }
    else
    cout<<"\n account doesn't exist";
  }
}

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bold line shows error i want to replace prev. data by a space here

You can't use the assignment operator to assign a C-string a value. But to "delete" the contents of a C-string you can change the first character of this string to the nul character ('\0'), and the int types can be set to zero.


Jim

please do not attach files for code. paste your code in between code tags.

in any case, on line 6 of your cpp file, you have a syntax error, declaring max without a type. also, in your various functions that take an array as a parameter, they are receiving a copy of the array, and modifying that copy. any changes made are lost when the function returns. you also don't check size anywhere to see if it's greater than max-1.

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Originally Posted by jimblumberg

You can't use the assignment operator to assign a C-string a value. But to "delete" the contents of a C-string you can change the first character of this string to the nul character ('\n'), and the int types can be set to zero.

Jim

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\n is not the nul character. \0 is.

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Originally Posted by jimblumberg

You can't use the assignment operator to assign a C-string a value. But to "delete" the contents of a C-string you can change the first character of this string to the nul character ('\0'), and the int types can be set to zero.


Jim

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thnx jim

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Originally Posted by Elkvis

please do not attach files for code. paste your code in between code tags.

in any case, on line 6 of your cpp file, you have a syntax error, declaring max without a type. also, in your various functions that take an array as a parameter, they are receiving a copy of the array, and modifying that copy. any changes made are lost when the function returns. you also don't check size anywhere to see if it's greater than max-1.

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it doesn't matter with type of max coz its the size of array.
checking size for max's value is is good idea i will add to it
thnx

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Originally Posted by Jatin Katyal

it doesn't matter with type of max coz its the size of array.

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It is a syntax error to try and declare max without a type name.

Besides this, you are using pre-standard headers, e.g., <iostream.h> should be <iostream>. void main should be int main.