I am not familiar with this STL vector you speak of....???

Thanks! now is there a way that I can make a shortcut for that? say...if I wanted to make a function arraycount(array) how would I do that so I don't have to type tha long stuff?
I'm not talking...

I just need to know how to count the entries of an array like this one:

string array[] = {"entry", "entry", "entry", ... , "entry"};

Thanks!

But then the message "Press any key to continue..." won't appear...
so I'd just have to make an extra line of code like cout<<"Press any key to continue..."; cin.get();

What is the best way to pause?

So...how about them tutorials?

The book that I'm using (C++ for dummies) doesn't cover that. Any tutorials or resources you'd recommend to get started?

I would eventually like to have the program linked to a text file so that others (I do plan to distribute someday) can add to the program themselves. But unfortunately at this time I don't know how...

Good call about the memory. But I'm trying to keep the program from lagging noticably. If it initializes a whole bunch of 20-entry strings at once, it'll probably take a few seconds and the user will...

I like this one but I want to avoid declaring all strings at once and then choosing (honestly I might have dozens of 20-entry arrays, I'm not sure how many arrays I will need yet). But you gave me an...

NOOOOOO!!! I was trying to avoid using pointers (I am still new enough to have n00b pointerphobia) but I'll work with your suggestion and see what I can come up with. But instead of using const int...

I am having problems with a code that I would like to go something liek this

string array;
int z = rand()%2;
switch(z)
{
case 0:
array = {"entry 1","entry 2",...,"entry...

I'm not sure what his skill level is, I was just suggesting an alternative to brute force computing if he was interested in such alternatives.
About picking off numbers ending in 6 or 28, the 'if'...

Gotcha. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Perhaps to those unfamiliar with number theory. (Forgive me, I forget that not everyone loves math like I do.)
The mersenne prime statement was a joke, but the second part may actually be useful....

You could find all the mersenne primes then subtract 1 ;) or osmething like that.
Also, perfect numbers can only end in 6 or 28, so your search can be greatly expediated by eliminating all other...

Good explaination, thanks!

disclaimer
I'm a programming n00b so I may not know what I'm talking about.
/disclaimer

My question boils down to scopes.
Let say I have code

{
string mystring1;
string mystring2;

Thanks guys, that did it :)

Tru dat. But the compiler keeps giving error "conflict" or "redeclaration". So I was just double checking here because at this point in my program it would be REALLY inconvenient to fix it!

int r = rand()%2;

switch(r)
{
case 0:
string x[] = "Hi.";
break;

case 1:
string x[] = "Bye.";

I think a foot is worth like 10k on the black market. That should hold me over for a while...besides, once limb regeneration via stem cells is made public, I'll get my foot back. But, hey, if we'll...

Haha. Well, more or less. I worked for the university tutoring mathematics during normal fall and spring semester. But once the semester is over, I don't have a job. The tutoring center is open...

Well what the program is for is a drill in common french verbs, and my hope is to have it ready before summer classes start, so that maybe if some of my classmates are interested I can sell it for...

:o tee hee no I'm not sure what portable means. Just reading other threads I deduced that it meant that the code will work on other computers with software or os different from mine.
:o

I think I'll settle on this sample code I made up that sends the string to a function which changes the color then outputs colored string then resets back to color of original text. Thanks for the...

But if I write the program so that others can use it on their computer then my overloaded function might not be portable?

I know how to change the console text color using this code
HANDLE hConsole;
hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, ###)

But suppose I need to...

But I still do. I'll just have to make do with what it's giving me.

Good! I changed my IDE font to the font "terminal" and then inserted the é straight out and everything worked fine. Thx!

Thanks! That takes care of the redundancy redundancy. But the "Good!" is still in the wrong place. Do you think that it could be because when I input I have to press ENTER and that is also putting...

I apologize, the topic of this thread has nothing to do because this post was started about a parse/syntax error but I solved it on my own and now this is something else, hopefully simple!
I have...

So I try "\-126" and get a compile error. Any other ideas?

I need to insert a "é" and other such symbols. At first I just tried using é straight out in C++ and it returned Θ. So I looked at my character map and did the unicode version \u00E9 where I wanted...

Ah, I fig'd it would be something simple like that. Thanks =)

Hi everyone. I'm new, but I'll be here for a while I think :cheesy: . Here is my code so far. The delays are because I wanted to simulate typing =).

//
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>...