char array/AnsiString problem...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on that forum, I hope I'll find the answers to my questions here!

I've already programmed in DOS and Shell but never did with Borland Builder (Windows GUI) so I'm new to some details in syntax and how to get information from built-in objects...

My problem is that I've coded a little function that sorts an int array with a kinda weird algorithm (anyway!)... So I have 9 boxes to enter the integers not sorted and I have a button, then 9 other boxes where I can see the result from the first 9 boxes.

I had a little problem when I had to take what I wrote in Edit1.Text (TEdit) and then put it in a char array (I want to stock the data before converting it to an integer value).

Here's the problematic line (with the var definitions), you don't need anything else to give me the answer since the problem is only a difference between the TEdit.Text datatype and the char * datatype.

Code:

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  int Array[9];
  char Temp[10];
  strcpy(Temp, Edit1->Text);

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Someone told me there was something like "Edit1->Text.toString()" but I'm really not sure about it, I tried and it gave nothing... So what should I do to put that AnsiString value into my char array???

Thanks for replies!!

V1P3R V3N0M
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BTW; why is Salem so against the use of "void main()"???

... probably do better on the Windows board, as it's a GUI kinda question.

>>why is Salem so against the use of "void main()"???
Do a search and find like a thousand posts on this topic :D Basically, its non-standard and should be avoid whereever possible. Enough said on that though.

huh

thx for not responding to my question all of you who are supposed to know gui programming!!! :P

Code:

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  int Array[9];
  char Temp[10];
  strcpy(Temp, Edit1->Text.c_str());

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found it myself

vprvnm

>thx for not responding to my question...

Wrote the stuff below for you before I saw your last post.

>all of you who are supposed to know gui programming!!!

That's a little harsh. The problem is that AnsiString (along with other VCL classes) are Borland specific. [Unfortunately] most people here don't use Borland C++ Builder.


>strcpy(Temp, Edit1->Text);

This is not a problem. Do the following:

strcpy(Temp, Edit1->Text.c_str());

The c_str() returns a pointer to a char array maintained by the AnsiString object.

AnsiStrings are objects, and are similar to the standard library string object. Use the Borland help system to see other useful methods supported by AnsiString.

cool, thx! just what I posted.. in fact

but someone who knew the answer and took the time to reply to me.. thx a lot :)