Simple question on quoting output

This is a simple problem, but I just can't figure it out. In the following code, I need to have the output of n in quotes. IE. The output of the void quote (int n) function should read:

Integer: "5"

and not Integer: 5

Here is the code:

#include <iostream.h>

void iquote(int n)
{
cout << "Integer: " << n << endl;
}

void iquote (double n)
{
cout << "Double: " << n << endl;
}

void iquote (char n)
{
cout << "Character: " << n << endl;
}

void main ()
{
iquote(5);
iquote (6.3);
iquote ('C');
}

Thanks in advance!!

void iquote(int n)
{
cout << "Integer: \"" << n << "\"" << endl;
}

Thanks!! Some times the simple things stump me.

Maybe you can help me with this. How would I convert the void iquote (char n) to a string??

Well, probably the easiest to use is the function sprintf(), which works exactly like printf, except it prints to a string. Like:

char buff[100];
char ch = 'A';

sprintf( buff, "%c", ch );

I thought I could simply do:

void iquote (string n)
{
cout << "String: \"" << n << "\"" << endl;
}

but that's not working.

void iquote (string n)
{
cout << "String: \"" << n.c_str << "\"" << endl;
}


or maybe...


void iquote (string n)
{
cout << "String: \"" << n.c_str() << "\"" << endl;
}

Tried that, but I'm getting error that string is an undeclared identifier. I'm including the string.h library, I thought that would do it, but no luck.

Ummm, no that's a C header. I think the C++ header is <cstr> or <cstring>...

I tried that one too (it's cstring), but no luck. ARGH!!

Figured it out, it goes:

void iquote (char string[])
{
cout << "The string is: " << string << endl;
}

iquote("Cindy");

Thanks!!

Funny, I thought you were using a C++ string...:)

Sorry! All this stuff confuses the heck out of me. I'm not sure I even know why what I'm using is not a c++ string ???!!!
Thanks for your help!

No. You are using an array of chars, often called a "string" by C programmers. When the C++ Standard Template Library was developed, they came up with a "class string", which is of course, not simply an array of chars, but a wrapper for arrays of chars, having many usefull functions and interfaces. For instance, in C, the line:

char s[] = "hello";
char q[] = s;

...will not work at all. But with a C++ string, you can do:

string s = "hello";
string q = s;

You should definately investigate the STL. It is a wonderful little library!

Wow, thanks for clearing that up. I am taking a c++ class now, learning about classes. Seems much easier. I took a c class a couple semesters ago. Wish my instructors could have cleared this up for me...
Thanks again!!!!!!!