[Prob] Can't define array String

Hi! I started a week ago with C++, but know already Delphi, various Blitz Dialects, PHP, SDL. So I'm not having that big troubles with C++, but now I have a little Problem: I create a structure with a) the Path to the imagefile and b) the data of the image to load it into the OpenGL Textures. My Code:

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struct Struct_Texture {
    public:
    char Path[16];
    GLuint Tex;
    };

Struct_Texture Texture[20];

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The problem here is C++ related, when I want to declare with

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bool PreLoadTextures () {
    i = 0;
    Texture[0].Path = "images/nehe.bmp";

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the images Path I get the Error by the Compiler: "ISO C++ forbids assignment of Arrays". When I use char Path[100]; instead of char Path[16]; I get this: "Incompatible types in Assignment of 'const char[16]' to 'char[100]'" found no help with google. Hope some1 can help me!

Char arrays can only be initialized with a string literal. After a char array has been created, you need to use strcpy() to insert a series of characters into a char array.

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So I'm not having that big troubles with C++

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char arrays as strings are pretty confusing in C++.

Hey Thanks. I meant that I don't have much probs with the C++ Language, this is the first real problem I couldn't solve. And you are right these "strings" in C are just laughable.

you're using C. if you want to use C++, replace all instaces of the following

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char <varname>[<size>];
//with
std::string <varname>;

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welcome to OO land!

As Chaos Engine posted, the C++ string type is much easier to deal with. It was created to do away with the problems encountered when using char arrays for strings. Here is an example:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
       
        string str = "hello";
        str = str + " world";
        cout<<str<<endl;

        return 0;
}

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