Re: compiler error

From:
"Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
6 Dec 2007 20:35:10 GMT
Message-ID:
<5rr4nuF16b2uoU1@mid.individual.net>
Default User wrote:

Art Cummings wrote:

Morning all,

I'm stuck on a compiler error: I've included the entire error and
the code that is causing it is below. The part of the code that is
creating the error is near the top after main, where I try to
initial a member of my structural array. I wanted to be thorough
in the information I provided.
const int SIZE = 15; //size for all arrays in student structure
const int ARRAYSIZE = 30; //size of array

struct Student
{
      char fName[SIZE]; //array for first name
      char lName[SIZE]; //array for last name
      char attendance[SIZE]; //array for attendance
      int days[SIZE]; //array for days

};

int main()
{

   Student studentInfo[ARRAYSIZE]; //define an array of 30 students


Oh, I should have mentioned that I still think you should stop trying
to write C code in C++. You'd be far better off if you used the
standard containers.

#include <string>
#include <vector>

class Student
{
   std::string fname;
   std::string lname;
   std::string attendance;
   std::vector<int> days;
public:
   // various operations and constructors
   // for dealing with the Student data
};

int main()
{
   std::vector<Student> studentInfo(ARRAYSIZE);

etc. etc.

Brian

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