you dont need to use the visual studio environment for .NET but it sure does make coding a hell of a lot easier :P

I use Microsoft Visual Studio Professional

if you are just starting out i would recommend the express versions.

I've dabbled around in other IDEs and with other compilers but i happen to like...

Aside from the major syntax and naming issues:

thats because your array of 20 looks like


Rudolf00000000000000
--------------------

// each 0 is actually a null character

this statement is entirely different from what you have in your code.


/*
toupper returns an INT value
toupper(a) will return 65 the ascii value for an uppercase A
*/

// the following...

your code worked and compiled fine for me (besides a typo in your post)

what exactly are you referring to as not working?


cout<<toupper(*pos)<<" "; //without cast it doesn't work, why?...

Here is a version I wrote based on your code and heavily commented :)

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
int main( void )
{
ifstream inFile; // create a file...

Make sure to test if the stream is open

inFile.is_open()

if it's not open your vowels.txt file is in the wrong directory.

that being said if you want I can PM you a working version, a...

yes it can be a bit of a pain at first but using the windows api it can be done :)

this is of course in windows, you need to specify the OS for a more specific answer.
...

i did a google on the error you posted but didnt get much (put it in quotes to hope to find someone with the same error)

doing a little rearranging this was the best i could find

post your code please :)

since you are using VC++ i am assuming you arein the .NET framework?

do you happen to be working with windows forms?

System::Windows::Forms

if so then you can capture keyboard input...

http://www.cplusplus.com/

great resource, i use it for the most part.

great post.

actually gave me some ideas on how i would personally tackle this problem.

the most efficient method is going to entail determining the difference between what you have and what zero is and then subtracting by that ammount instead of continually removing one unit at a time....

you are correct in that it fails if you assign the itterator before you have placed any values into the vector.

found the second bug

while( str_time.substr(14,2) != "00")
{
str_time = format_time( input_time );
input_time -= 60;
}


the reason this is incorrect is because the...

use this


cout << (*itr++).c_str() << endl;

i will check it but also you should try running it a few times to see what happens.

EDIT:

also please include any headers and other functions you may have defined :)

the information provided in this thread has been an awesome resource.

at first i was going huh? ** or *& but now it makes sense to me :-D

...

what are random numbers?

just that random numbers :D

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post394829-10.html

this is an array pointer example i wrote, but it deals with random numbers :)

now it's time to write your own insertion method :D

no better way to learn than with your very own hands :)

based on these two methods is there any gain over one, is one safer than another?

now that im awake i will try to explain this some more lol! :D



#include "stdafx.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#define length(a) (sizeof a / sizeof a[0])

i've included the cstdlib to gain access...

some code i wrote that basically does what you spoke of


#include "stdafx.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#define length(a) (sizeof a / sizeof a[0])
void ArrayGenerator(int * MyArray, int ArraySize) {...

without thuroughly going through your code the best i can give you is this:

try not to specificy the location of tyour database from the connection string.

(which is what it appears you are...