Quick c++ Question

[Lt. Manlove]

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

struct movies_t {
	char title;
	int year;
};

struct friends_t {
	char name;
	int age;
	movies_t favFilm;
} robert, aled;

int main()
{
	aled.favFilm.title = "The Matrix";
	cout << aled.favFilm.title;
	return 0;
}

e:\Visual Studio Projects\pointers\pointers.cpp(17): error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char [11]' to 'char'


How do I fix this?

 

[tntcoder]

in the movies_t structure you have declare title as a single 'char' varible meaning correctly it should be used like:

aled.favFilm.title = 't';

To fix this so you can use a string, you need a char array (or you could use a string varible),

e.g.

char title[30];

you then i think need to use strcpy() to fill the array i.e strcpy(aled.favFilm.title, "The Matrix");

You need to include string.h if you take this route.

 

[Lt. Manlove]

Bit more complicated than I was hoping! Was expecting a nice simple answer

 

[sfx]

you can do: char *title;

That should work.

sfx

 

[Visage]

Or just have title as a std::string. This eliminates nasty things like buffer overruns and the like.....