Need help with String

for some reason my compiler doesn't see String data type.
below is my code

Code:

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

void main()
{


        string name = " ";
        string nameMin = " ";
        string nameMax  = " ";

....
....
....
}

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it tells me that string is undeclared identifier.

Am I declaring it wrong?

Thanks

Try using:

Code:

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char arrayname[max number of charsinarray];

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Yes, i tried that.

But isn't there an actual string data type, i.e. string name="John Doe";
shouldn't it work? it doesn't even turn blue color like other data type.
am i missing something?

See if the following works for you:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using std::string;

int main()
{
        string s;
        return 0;
}

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Gives me:

error C2653: 'std' : is not a class or namespace name

Maybe i have to reinstall compiler...

My compiler verison is Microsoft Visual C++ v6.00, is it too old?

this is what I did

Code:

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>


using namespace std;

using std::string;


int main()
{


        string name = " ";
        string nameMin = " ";
        string nameMax  = " ";

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and it worked

Thanks everybody

Quote:

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Originally Posted by deepblue

But isn't there an actual string data type, i.e. string name="John Doe";
shouldn't it work? it doesn't even turn blue color like other data type.
am i missing something?

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Just to clarify; std::string isn't a 'real' C++ data type. It's part of a Class. That's why it didn't turn blue, like char or int would.

That's good that you got it working, though. :)

it was probably because you kept the ".h" at the end of the headers... you need the following for the string class:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using std::string;

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