Error while defining char array

[Boogie El Aceitoso]

Hi,

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.

What am I doing wrong?

[Greg Comeau]

In article <rq********************************@4ax.com>,
Boogie El Aceitoso <fr****@telefonica.net> wrote:

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.

What am I doing wrong?

Bad diagnostic since the error is not in converting an int to a char
but in converting a char into a valuetype *. Should it just be a
valuetype?
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[Dan W.]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:56:20 +0100, Boogie El Aceitoso
<fr****@telefonica.net> wrote:

Hi,

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.

What am I doing wrong?

Declaring an array of pointers-to-value-type. Try:

std::string::value_type wh[] = {'\t'};

[Dario]

Boogie El Aceitoso wrote:

Hi,

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.

What am I doing wrong?

Rewrite as:
std::string::value_type * wh[] = {"\t"};
or as:
std::string::value_type wh[] = {'\t'};

- Dario

[Mike Wahler]

"Dario" <da***@despammed.com> wrote in message
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Boogie El Aceitoso wrote:

Hi,

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.
What am I doing wrong?

Rewrite as:
std::string::value_type * wh[] = {"\t"};
or as:
std::string::value_type wh[] = {'\t'};

Right, but I don't understand why OP is using string::value_type
anyway, since by definition it's 'char'.

char wh = '\t';

-Mike

[Greg Comeau]

In article <u8******************@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink .net>,
Mike Wahler <mk******@mkwahler.net> wrote:

"Dario" <da***@despammed.com> wrote in message
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Boogie El Aceitoso wrote:

> std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};
>
> But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to
> char.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Rewrite as:
std::string::value_type * wh[] = {"\t"};
or as:
std::string::value_type wh[] = {'\t'};

Right, but I don't understand why OP is using string::value_type
anyway, since by definition it's 'char'.

char wh = '\t';

Probably the OP also has wchar_t's and maybe some other,
and wants to make that connection clear.
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[Jumbo]

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"Dario" <da***@despammed.com> wrote in message
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Boogie El Aceitoso wrote:

Hi,

I have this code:

std::string::value_type * wh[] = {'\t'};

But it gives a compiler error, comlaining that it can't convert int to char.
What am I doing wrong?

Rewrite as:
std::string::value_type * wh[] = {"\t"};
or as:
std::string::value_type wh[] = {'\t'};

Right, but I don't understand why OP is using string::value_type
anyway, since by definition it's 'char'.

Probably just trying to get his head around it.