char* words[] = { "foo", "bar", ... };

std::vector<string> v[] = { "foo", "bar", ... };

 std::vector<std::string> v(3); initialize an array with 3 elements

 std::vector<std::string> v(3,"foo"); //initialize 3 elements that equal foo :)

 std::vector<std::string> v; //push_back 2 elements into the vector "foo" and "bar" v.push_back("foo"); v.push_back("bar");

Quote:you can't initialize elements with the vector

Quote:Original post by Majirok
Thanks for the reply.

Quote:you can't initialize elements with the vector

Damn, I was afraid of that. So basically I have to loop through and add each string one by one? Ack, might be better off with the C solution in this case.

Quote:Original post by villiageidiot

Quote:Original post by Majirok
Thanks for the reply.

Quote:you can't initialize elements with the vector

Damn, I was afraid of that. So basically I have to loop through and add each string one by one? Ack, might be better off with the C solution in this case.

It really depends on what you are doing. Using vectors will provide you with more built-in functionality (ability to use STL algorithms, iterators, etc) and are in general "safer" to use than a char* [] array (since vectors will "expand" rather than allow something to be written past their capacity).

However...if it's just something short and simple and you clearly understand pointers, then sometimes you don't need to bother with vectors. In almost all cases however, execept those small and trivial, I would recommend the use of vectors (or the appropriate STL container type for the functionality you require).

  const char* words[] = { "foo", "bar" };  size_t wordSize = sizeof(words) / sizeof(words[0]); // how many elements are in words  vector<string> vs(words, words + wordSize); // constructor takes pointer to first/one past last element    for (vector<string>::const_iterator i = vs.begin(); i != vs.end(); ++i)    cout << *i << endl; // prints foo and bar

Quote:Original post by Telastyn

Quote:Original post by nobodynews
Wouldn't it make more sense to just have a file, say 'words.dat' which has all the words you need and then use file i/o to load that data into the vector of strings? Just a suggestion so you can completely bypass the array and only use the vector.

And that should allow for easier localization [read: translation] of your program. Granted, it's probably not a big concern, but it's a good habit to get into.

foo bar foobar frankgeorge jeffrey

#include <algorithm>  // copy#include <iterator>   // i/ostream_iterator#include <vector>     // vector#include <string>     // basic_string#include <fstream>    // basic_ifstream#include <iostream>   // coutint main() {   typedef std::vector<std::string> str_vec;   typedef std::istream_iterator<std::string> isstr_itr;   typedef std::ostream_iterator<std::string> osstr_itr;   std::ifstream in("words.dat");   str_vec v((isstr_itr(in)), isstr_itr());   std::copy(v.begin(), v.end(), osstr_itr(std::cout, ", "));}