instead of using an array of char variables, what other ways of storing strings are there, like i remember a tutorial somewhere using something else apart from char but i cant remember what it was...

std::string from the STL (standard template library).

Official STL page: http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/

For more references just google "Standard Template Library" or "STL".

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What is your intensions? Do you want to handle "strings"? performe algoritms to a line of text, and are seeking other ways to do it, than using an array?

..or are you looking for other datatypes than char?

well, I can''t tink of something better than the use of array, whithout bringing up some advanced stuff, but I guess STL have some stuff to handle strings better than a simple array.

When it comes to different datatypes, then you have alot more to choose from. since char is only 8bit, and only ascii friendly, you could look towards the use of unicode when handling text in your programs. belive you have wchar_t or something like that, don''t remember. But you have some datatypes that alow you to handle old ascii type char text, and the new unicode text standard...

quote:Original post by Fruny
SGI''s page is neither THE official STL page, nor is it normative : the STL as defined by the C++ standard my differ from SGI''s implementation.

True. But SGI goes to great pains to mention deviances from the STL standard, and it''s the most readable and useful reference I''ve seen so far.

How appropriate. You fight like a cow.