I still don't think you're being clear enough. My example did that exactly. :confused:

That won't work with getline() because getline() trims the '\n'. The first character would be '\0' in a C...

It depends on how you get the input, but you can check for an empty string with getline().

#include <iostream>
#include <string>


int main()
{
using namespace std;

I ended up working on a VB6 app a few weeks ago. It reminded me why I like .NET so much. :cheesy: That's been happening a lot. VB6, SQL 2000, Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1... I've been spoiled by the...

Stubborn VB programmers keep wanting to use VB.NET. ;)

Oh, I supposed I'd best not change it then. ;)

Change is the only constant in the programming field. :cheesy: Nobody can predict the future, so all we can do is pick what we think is best at the time and adjust as needed.

I'll have to give it a try again, if only to save myself from making another conversational faux pas. ;) Thank you. :)

I'm just being pedantic. :) Controlling a language suggests that rivals aren't allowed or can be broken by the dominant vendor making changes. That's a significant difference from being the only...

I haven't used SharpDevelop in ages, and I've only read about Mono. So take my opinion from that perspective, but the last time I checked, they weren't even close to being considered rivals. If they...

I present myself differently, but my personality is basically the same. Easy going, quiet except when I think I can make a difference, and nice enough to keep from making enemies. ;)

I guess I'm...

Nor is C#. Both C# and CLI are internationally standardized. It's not Microsoft's fault that nobody has yet written an implementation that rivals .NET and Visual C#, is it? ;)

That's the way I am most of the time, so I can see it easily. ;)

I really like the .NET framework, and that's coming from a hardcore Java background. It's not fair to suggest that .NET is bad just...

I want that language too. :) C/C++ can be used for those things, but it's not always the best choice and I don't think of C/C++ when I think of rapid development.

I get the impression that you...

I find it humorous that there was a google ad for aspartame resources just under tatumkay's post when I first read it. :lol:

That is all. You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming.

I think every language is a good one to learn. :) The nasty secret of rapid development is that you can be efficient in any language with the right tools. C# is productive if you have Visual Studio...

It's impossible to tell you the pros and cons without some sort of context. If it were possible then people like us wouldn't stress over what language to use. ;)

I agree that Visual Studio makes...

Yes, C is a smart choice for a game developer. But so is C++, and any of a dozen other languages. ;) I understand that OOP is confusing. I had trouble with it at first too. Come to think of it, I...

I guess it depends on how much detail you want with your cargo. Probably the best solution is to have a cargo class that can be constructed with an initial size.

class ShipCargo {
public:
...

What was it? :)

I fell into the trap of summarizing something very complex. :) The point is that most of the time you don't need to care. When you do need to care, you probably know that you need to care and how to...

Not always. The documentation should tell you what dll to load for dynamic linking and what *.lib file to use for static linking. The header file is for C and C++ only so that you can use libraries...

SetSuspendState() should be in PowrProf.dll, not User32.dll.

[DllImport("PowrProf.dll")]
public static extern bool SetSuspendState(bool Hibernate, bool ForceCritical, bool DisableWakeEvent);

endl calls the flush() method of the stream. That means more work done per use, and it's a sure bet that endl is less efficient than '\n'. It's also a nearly sure bet that the difference isn't enough...

That's the impression that I get. :) I'm not sure you can rely on it because the rules for friends shouldn't do that. A friend of mine is not necessarily a friend of my children. ;) But I don't claim...

I usually end up using a masked text box or text box for dates. The validation code can be packaged up into a nice reusable class, and my users don't have as much usability trouble. There's also...

if ( choice1 = choice1 )

This will always be a true statement for two reasons. Firstly, the == operator is used to compare things, the = operator sets values. Secondly, comparing choice1 with...

If fgets doesn't read a '\n', there are more characters in the stream. Just keep calling fgets and appending the result to your string until there is a '\n'. :) The tricky part is making sure that...

I wish programming was like in films. I would love to be able to hack high security government systems in 60 seconds and save the world with a few keystrokes. And those 3D holographic UIs would be...

Deceptively so, and that's the biggest problem. ;) Instead of making the effort of reading a line, parsing out the values that you want, and finally converting the strings into the desired types,...

You have both a function and a local variable called power. The local variable hides the function name, and your compiler is telling you that your local variable can't be used as a function. :)

Now I feel happy. Well, I felt happy before, but now I feel happier. Thank you. :)

I have a ATI Radeon X800 video card with a VGA and DVI output on a Windows XP MCE system. My primary LCD monitor is plugged into the VGA connector and my secondary LCD monitor is plugged into the DVI...

Techies like to debate things into the ground, regardless of how trivial they are. ;) You should hear some of the conversations I have with my coworkers. :lol:

Yes and yes. :cheesy: There's another lesson there too, that even the most experienced of programmers can and will mess up the little things all too often. ;)

Hi! :)

It looks like you declared p previously and didn't initialize it. You're probably getting the core dump from trying to dereference it. Change *p = strchr( line, '\n' ); to p = strchr( line,...

Flushing should be conditional. If you know there are no more characters in the stream, don't flush it. :) You can be sure that there aren't any unwanted characters after a '\n' for stdin because of...

Most C++ courses will only teach you a subset of the base language and not focus on graphics APIs that would complicate the lessons. That's a bit of a shame, but if you had to learn C++ and Win32 at...

Your loop condition also does double duty as input. But you throw that value away and read the next one in the loop body.

while(infile >> ch) // Read one character
{
ch = infile.get(); //...

Hi! :) We're all slowly getting better. Nothing is fast when it comes to learning how to code. :)

All of your variables are integers. Integers in C++ don't carry a precision, so input with...

I don't think there's a way to use gets() safely. All of the damage is done behind the scenes where error checks won't help.

Nobody said to ignore it, just that there may be problems if you use it...