How to insert a string into a char array, (without using pointers) ??URGENT

[Voevoda]

hello, I'm in a hurry I got an exam monday and I haven't managed to copy a string into and array of characters to treat the letters individually, how do I do that ?thank you, please it's very urgent !!
And I'm a beginner I don't know much about pointers, if anything.

[oler1s]

You can’t wing your way through programming. If you don’t understand the concepts, you’ll memorize certain actions, which is more or less useless in programming.

I haven't managed to copy a string into and array of characters to treat the letters individually, how do I do that

You don’t mention the language (because C++ has a C++ string versus a C string). Not that it’s relevant. If you have a string, it’s an array of sorts. A C string is an array. A C++ string doesn’t need to be copied into an array. You can index the elements of the string.

[Voevoda]

Ok, the language is C++, and it's not that I don't understand a thing simply I'm a beginner I haven't got much experience, the thing is I have no trouble imagining the algorithm, but it's writing the program that I find sometimes difficult; the syntax, I'm not trying to wind my way, I really try to improve myself.
What I asked is how to copy a string,i.e. a sentence into a array of individual characters and by searching the forum I've found the c_str thing, and now it's ok, but I'd like to improve and copy strings with spaces, because when I type a string with spaces, I only get the first part in the char array.
Can I use the getline function, if yes how in this context.
Thank you very much.

[Voevoda]

Oler1s, you told me I can index a C++ string, how if I want to count the number of "a"s in a sentence ?
Thank you.

[oler1s]

What I asked is how to copy a string,i.e. a sentence into a array of individual characters and by searching the forum I've found the c_str thing

I hope you realize that c_str is owned by the string. That is, you cannot modify it, delete the array. Furthermore, the string only exists as long as the string exists, and remains unchanged

but I'd like to improve and copy strings with spaces, because when I type a string with spaces, I only get the first part in the char array.
Can I use the getline function, if yes how in this context.

First, aren’t you storing the input in C++ strings (vs. char arrays)? Regardless, yes, you need to use getline. There’s two forms of getline. The first is the global getline from <string>. This operates on C++ strings. The second is the stream getline (e.g. cin.getline) that works with C strings. Please look up examples online, and then ask if you have any trouble understanding them.

you told me I can index a C++ string, how if I want to count the number of "a"s in a sentence ?

There’s about three ways to do this. One might be to index said string like an array (e.g. for string input, input[0], input[1], etc.). Then each element indexed is a char you can compare to ‘a’.

One C++ ish way to do would be to iterate over the string with string::iterato r, checking the value to see if it were ‘a’. But what I would do is use count_if. count_if is in <algorithm>.

Actually, there's more ways to do this, but iterating with string::iterato r or count_if may be the most straightforward C++ ways to do it.