Where would a good place be to learn more about multithreading? I don't think there is much at www.cpluplus.com. Any suggestions on libraries/tutorials? Thanks!

Start by looking at the fstream library. It will let you write files to disk. It also allows reading from disk.

You need to put the return 0; at the end of your main() function. The padBlanks() function will return the string.

Since you assign the value in "a" to "b" you effectively lose the address of the char [] pointed to by "b." You can delete the value pointed to by "b," which will be the same char [] pointed to by...

Idk for sure I didn't try this but there is a function button1_click(). Perhaps that is where the action for the click should go. Sorry but I don't have a compiler right now to check that with.

If you compile it and it won't run maybe try adding system("PAUSE"); at the end of your code (right before return 0;). This will only work on Windows and isn't portable.

You should be able to download the graphics.h library or perhaps copy it from your school's compiler and install it in your home machine.

Thanks Comatose! I think this should work beautifully :)

I tried Googling this to no avail: how can I request the used space/ total size of the hard drive? In this case it is safe to assume that the machine will be running Windows.

I always wondered if it is possible in Windows to read in general file information (size, created date, modified date, etc) and then modify that data? If it's possible, how can it be done?

No he means try system("path\to\file\updater.exe"); This would work if your update program is packaged separately from your actual executable and if you're planning to only distribute on Windows.

I was trying to find ways to improve the loading time of an application that I'm working on. It uses SDL to handle graphics and sound which brought up a question: which takes longer to load? If I...

Why not use numbers (1-13) and convert 1, 11, 12, 13 to Ace, Jack, Queen, King when you output?

I just quickly glanced at your code so please forgive me if this is wrong but don't you initialize the game[] with the values {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} but then to tell if there is a move there you compare...

Forgot that I need time between playing the music and ending it haha!

I'm learning how to use the SDL libraries but I'm having a small problem playing the sound. The program appears to load the sound but either not play it or play it too low for me to hear. Here's my...

Add #include <string.h>

I believe what you're looking for would be the ASCII character codes (http://www.asciitable.com/).

If you are reading in the source code for a C++ program use the iostream (http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/iostream/) library. If you're trying to read in a .exe file idk...

Ah yes I see! That would explain my confusion. Sorry i missed it!

What kind of factorial is this? An input of 3 will result in an output of 6... it should be 3 * 1. If you enter 4 you will get something like 24. Factorials break numbers down like this: 12 factorial...

Thanks guys I really appreciate it! I've been puzzled for a few hours haha

This code is giving me the error "expected primary-expression before ']' token." After googling and looking around Daniweb I still cannot find what this means. Can anyone enlighten me?

int...

Perhaps its something to do with my OpenArray() definition?

Hello,
I am trying to pass a multidimensional array to a function but I keep getting a "expected primary-expression before ']' token" error. I'm using Dev-Cpp and here's my code:
int...

Is there an easy way to open an fstream using a string? My code is as follows:
bool openArray(std::string *arrayFileName, int *width, int *height,int *myArray)
{
std::fstream BoardFile;
...

In otherwords there isn't a way to easily make your own character in C++

Try posting an attempt. You may want to store the input in an array and then sum the elements of the array with a loop. counting the numbers will be the next step. Post the sumation code first.

Yep! It may be what you're looking for idk

For the beep I guess you could use an escape character. cout<<"\a"; will give you a beep... sorry I'm not into audio at all.

Hint: you could start by counting pennies and then count 5's with pennies (for nickels) and then 10's with pennies, then 15's etc. There is a pattern to how you can make change in otherwords haha

You might want to check out this (http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page).

Oh dang yeah! Haha I knew that too! It's been one of those days... thanks!

I am writing a program using strings to pass messages into SDL functions. For some reason the compiler will not let me create any string objects though. I get a 'string' undeclared error when I try...

I personally would like to read such a book but 6,000 pages is a lot of work for something that may never gain much respect. I like your idea but there are many Master's Theses that never go beyond...

You need to seed the random number generator to make it generate a true random number. Try

#include <ctime>
....
srand((unsigned)time(0));

As for not having enought money you may want to try...

Unless you absolutely need to know those 9 digits that are missing... but that rarely ever happens :)

My method will return 8 squares. I don't know if I quite understand the output you want from 7*8? Give me an example of what squares you want to get...

If you want to switch to Java it supports the Big Int class... but there is nothing bigger that I know of in C++.

Its confusing but post some code once you try it out.