assignment of arrays problem

Hi.

I am having a bit of a problem with a struct.

Code:

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struct jogador
{
    char nome[tamanho_nome];
    int ind_jogador;
    int area_j, area_r, area_c, area_i;
} jogador1, jogador2;

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further ahead i want to assign a char array to jogador1.nome, like so:

Code:

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char nome1[tamanho_nome],  // nome do jogador1
    nome2[tamanho_nome]; // nome do jogador2

    //jogador 1
    cout << "Nome do Jogador 1: ";
    cin.getline(nome1, tamanho_nome);

    //jogador 2
    cout << "Nome do Jogador 2: ";
    cin.getline(nome2, tamanho_nome);

    //dados relativos ao jogador 1
    jogador1.nome = nome1;

    ...
    ...

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When I try to compile the file it returns this error:

"ISO C++ forbids assignment of arrays"

Does anyone know why this happens? And what can i do to work around this?

Thanks. ;)

BTW, i am using DEVC++ beta 5 (4.9.9.2), under Win XP SP2.

maybe put an integer "array length" in your struct. And declare the "arraylength".

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ideswa

maybe put an integer "array length" in your struct. And declare the "arraylength".

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I forgot to say that "tamanho_nome" is initialized as a const int in the beggining of the file, as

const int tamanho_nome = 11;

Was this what you were talking about?

> char nome[tamanho_nome];
The best thing to do is change this to a string:

Code:

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#include <string>
.
.
    std::string nome;

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Then you would simply change the remaining code to:

Code:

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std::string nome1,  // nome do jogador1
    nome2; // nome do jogador2

    //jogador 1
    cout << "Nome do Jogador 1: ";
    getline(cin, nome1);

    //jogador 2
    cout << "Nome do Jogador 2: ";
    getline(cin, nome2);

    //dados relativos ao jogador 1
    jogador1.nome = nome1;

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If you must use char arrays, then use strcpy() to do the copy:

Code:

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#include <cstring>
.
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    //dados relativos ao jogador 1
    strcpy(jogador1.nome, nome1);

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Thanks a lot swoopy!

I only tried the second aproach, and it worked great.

I'll try the other one, too, but will probably stick with the second method.

Thanks a lot. ;)