Okay, I need some help. I've been out of programming for about 10 years, and I'm used to C that was three years old then. I need some help with some code. I'm using Dev C++, and I'm either using MINIGCW or G++ as the compiler (not sure). I'm trying to write a program to generate NPCs for a pencil and paper boardgame. Here's the code: char[9] = crewmember[].name int counter int generator_crewmember for (counter=1; counter <= generator_crewnumber; counter++) { strcpy(crewmember[counter].name, "Crew "); strcat(crewmember[counter].name, counter); } This is the main loop of my app. I'm trying to create the NPC's name here, setting it to 'Crew #' where # is the iteration of the loop. Then I'll finish assigning stats. I keep getting this error: 108 C:\Dev-Cpp\main.cpp invalid conversion from `int' to `const char*' I don't understand why this is occuring. From when I studied C (and I was only studying the basics) you could assign an int to a string. I tried using casting to assign 'counter' to the name as a char, but it isn't working. I have some ideas why this might be going wrong..but I need some feedback! Help?

The error you're recieving is basically saying the compiler doesn't know how to convert an int to a string (char *).

Now, the C++ way to do this would be to use a istringstream and also, more importanly, use std::string instead of the nasty char *

So, here's how I would write your code (using a std::vector:


However, I think what you wanted to do was this: (Only works for numbers 0 through to 9)

HTH

Thanks for the advice. Tdragon, you're right. I was including the variable types to help people out when looking at the code. Thanks for noticing though.

Quote:Original post by desertcube
The error you're recieving is basically saying the compiler doesn't know how to convert an int to a string (char *).

Now, the C++ way to do this would be to use a istringstream and also, more importanly, use std::string instead of the nasty char *

So, here's how I would write your code (using a std::vector:
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However, I think what you wanted to do was this: (Only works for numbers 0 through to 9)
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HTH

Is a standard vector something that is in the Visual C++ libraries?

Vector is actually in the standard C++ libraries, it isn't just a Visual C++ thing.

Quote:Original post by Dreamshadow
Is a standard vector something that is in the Visual C++ libraries?

Yes it is and is very usefull! Here's an example i found with google.

I think though you can't beat a good STL book - the STL (I think its proper name now is actually the Standard C++ Library IIRC) will make developing code so much easier and, more importantly, less error prone. Also worth checking out are the Boost libraries, all code is ANSI C++ and there are some really usefull utilities.