Convertion from struct to 'const char'

I was just wondering whether there was a way to convert structs to chars.
I'm trying to solve a maze using deques. I want to push the different moves onto the deque as I go along... however the compliler wouldn't let me, because it can't convert my move(which is a struct) to a 'cont char'... I'm using the push_back standard template lib fuctions.

i'd love to know whether there's any way out of this. I didn't post the code because it's ..hmm it's a lot. I just didn't want to put anyone off....

thanks

you cant convert a struct to a const char

in your struct you probably have something like this

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struct  MyStruct
{
    int MyInt;
    char MyChar;
};

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if you wanted you could do something like this

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const char MyConstChar = MyStruct.MyChar;

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otherwise i dont think there is a way to do it

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Originally posted by doampofo
I'm trying to solve a maze using deques. I want to push the different moves onto the deque as I go along... however the compliler wouldn't let me, because it can't convert my move(which is a struct) to a 'cont char'... I'm using the push_back standard template lib fuctions.

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Why not use a deque<yourstruct> instead of a deque<char> (which I suppose you are using)?

On the other hand, you could do thequeue.push_back(yourstructobj.charmember); if you are using deque<char>.

That makes soo much sense. I feel soo silly now.
Thanks eMMeMM....