how to concat multiple cstrings

[gacaccia]

for better or worse, i'm writing a program using cstrings instead of some string library. i know how to use the strcat function to join two cstrings, but what if i have 3 or 4 cstrings that i need to combine? i guess i could call strcat multiple times to get them all, but is there a better way?

thanks,

glenn

 

[PerFnurt]

>for better or worse

worse

>i'm writing a program using cstrings instead of some string library

STL can be considered being a part of C++ (since it is part of the C++ standard as defined by ANSI/ISO).
std::sting is not just something in a string library, it is also part of C++. Don't be afraid to use it.

>but is there a better way?
Yes don't use c-strings.

If you for some reasons insist in using c-strings, then its multiple strcat for you. How come you are restricted to c-strings only?

/Per

_{if (typos) cout << &quot;My fingers are faster than my brain. Sorry for the typos.&quot;;}

 

[gacaccia]

thanks for the reply. i'd love to use a string class, but it just seems like i run into a lot of problems with functions that expect a cstring for input. for example, i use the microsoft _chdir function, which takes a cstring for input. if i use a C++ string class object instead, i get an error message. here's the line of code and the error.

_chdir(sourceFolder.c_str);

the compiler returns an error of &quot;error C2664: '_chdir' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char *(void) const' to 'const char *'&quot;.

any thoughts on this?

 

[gacaccia]

never mind my previous post, i found my error. the line should have been...

_chdir(sourceFolder.c_str());