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From DevC++ to MVS

Jul 12th, 2008

I ran into a bug on my program that I couldn't find on my own so I decided to transfer my project from Dev C++ to Microsoft Visual Studio.

In Dev I got away with

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string sName;
cin >> sName;

But MVS doesn't like doing that. What is the substitute for comparing and saving user inputed strings?

Also:

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srand(time(0));
srand(time(0));

was what I used to grab the internal clock to create random numbers, but in visual studio, it doesn't recognize that command.

Any help is greatly appreciated

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Re: From DevC++ to MVS

Jul 12th, 2008

To use the srand function with time(0) you must include <ctime>. Where as for the first one, I think you have to use a plain char array and then convert that to type string.

It would also help if you showed the errors MSV was giving.

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Re: From DevC++ to MVS

Jul 12th, 2008

Maybe the problem is in the include you need to add (#include <string>)

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std ;
 
int main()
{
 string sName;
 cin >> sName;
 return 0;
}
 
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std ;

int main()
{
 string sName;
 cin >> sName;
 return 0;
}

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Re: From DevC++ to MVS

Jul 12th, 2008

Compiler errors? Perhaps post them?

Are proper header files included? And are you using these from the std namespace ?

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Re: From DevC++ to MVS

Jul 12th, 2008

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Originally Posted by stewie griffin

Maybe the problem is in the include you need to add (#include <string>)
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#include <string>
#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std ;
 
int main()
{
 string sName;
 cin >> sName;
 return 0;
}
#include <string> #include <iostream> using namespace std ; int main() { string sName; cin >> sName; return 0; }