error C2228 with substr

[cadbilbao]

Hi!

I'm using VC++ 6.0. I want to create a substring (name) from another string (infile):

---------------//---------------

#include <string.h>

....

void dodo(char *infile) {
char name;
int lgt;

lgt = strlen(infile);
name = infile.substr(5,10);
}
--------------//------------------

But I get this error:
error C2228: left of '.substr' must have class/struct/union type

What am I doing wrong?

Regards.

 

[bitwise]

Well, since when has C had objects? A char* can't call functions on itself via the dot operator. The error C2228: left of '.substr' must have class/struct/union type is telling you that char* is not a class/struct/ or a union, which it isn't so remove it.

bitwise

 

[Cagliostro]

Be attentive, substr is not a member of char*. Maybe for C++ classes like string, CString, strsrteam... it is not an error. John Fill

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[IonelBurtan]

The above programers are right.
Your program should look something like this:

#include <string.h>

....

void dodo(char *infile) {
char name[100];
name[0]='\0';
strncpy(name,infile+5,5); //if you want 5 caracters
}

Hope this helps,s-) Blessed is he who in the name of justice and good will, shepards the week through the valley of darknees...

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