Doesn't recognize my string variable?

[MCSGraham]

I'm trying to use a string variable and have it in my "public:" as: string Hold;

I have included <string.h> as one of my libraries too.

it doesn't recognize my string variable at all as if it's not connected to the string library or something? I found string.h on my computer so I know it should be good.

Any ideas as to how I might be able to get the program/Visual C++ 6.0 to see the <string.h> library and my string variable??

thanks in advance!

 

[tootired]

I think you need

#include <string>

(no .h on the end) and then refer to

std::string mystr;

as your variable. The string.h file is just the prototypes of string functions such as strcpy().

 

[MCSGraham]

Thanks for the help! but that puts another problem now:

I'm trying to do an: outfile << mystr;

and it keeps giving me the error, (binary '<<' no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type &quot;class:std&quot

I need to be able to read in a string of characters until I reach a comma, then output this string to an output file.

I don't know why this isn't working right??

 

[xwb]

You probably need <fstream> or <iostream>. eg

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

...
{
ofstream outfile (&quot;cupid.txt&quot;
string rope(&quot;ropey&quot;

outfile << rope << endl;
}