OK ive been learning C++ recently, and I think I am catching on pretty quick because of my experience in RPG Maker 2000....C++ is surprisingly similar. I feel so weird, being a n00b again, because for about 2-3 years i have been helping n00bs in RM2k! Anyways....I have a prob. My C++ compiler is about 5 yrs old (heh) and I seem to be missing something. What file do you #include to use getline()? The book I am learning with says fstream.h or iostream.h, but my old files dont seem to have it. Can somebody send me the file that actually works with getline()? rpgman6488@mail.com is my email, any help is EXTREMELY appreciated. EDIT:THE PROBLEM IS FIXED | Chikara Productions | Random Quote:There are those who I would take a bullet for, and those who I would like to put a bullet in. [edited by - RPGman6488 on December 30, 2002 12:37:01 PM]

quote: Original post by RPGman6488
My C++ compiler is about 5 yrs old (heh)

and which compiler/version might that be?

btw, I don''t recall there being any standard function called getline(). There is a member function of the istream class, declared in <iostream>, ie:

#include <iostream>int main () {  char name[256];  std::cin.getline (name,256);}

supposedly there is a getline() command, or so it says in a tut i am using....and its Borland C++ compiler from 1997.

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I haven''t used borland, but assuming standard compliance, you should be able to substitue your getline() with fgets(), declared in <stdio.h>. If that is not sufficient, please post some of the code you''re refering to, as we can see the context of the function.

is standard and std::getline I''m assumming is standard

quote: Original post by CWizard
btw, I don''t recall there being any standard function called getline().

It''s defined in <string>.




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Fruny said:
"It's defined in string."

NO it isnt, atleast not in my version. I #include string, and it doesnt work. If yours does, could you send me yours? rpgman6488@mail.com

thanx everybody for the help


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[edited by - RPGman6488 on December 29, 2002 7:29:39 PM]

Fruny is correct. However, I believe that your compiler (being from 1997, as you say) predates the standard he refers to. You might want to look into getting a newer compiler, such as a recent version of Dev-C++ (avalailable at www.bloodshed.net). As for Borland's compilers I do not know: They have released a free (command line) compiler, but how recent (or standards compliant) it is, I do not know.

[edited by - Miserable on December 29, 2002 9:19:17 PM]

Sorry for missleading info (although I didn''t say there wasn''t any such function, but that I didn''t recall one). For some reason I assumed you refered to a C (not C++) function.

Why not get a new compiler? I think VC++ 6 Intro Edition costs like $40 or so? Not sure, but it''s not very much at all. Heck, you can get with LaMothe''s book (TOWGPG) if you''re at all interested in that. I''m sure VC++ 6 would be a very nice step up :D