input of strings in c++

[halo3d]

hi, i m currently on the file i/o part and then i notced something.
the cin doesnt accept strings why is that

e.g.

code:

string str; cin >> str;    //  <----- i get error here cout << "you entered .. " << str; cin.get();

the error i get is ..
no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'std::string' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

any way to get around that? im trying so that what ever string user enters is saved to a file.. the saving of predefined strings works but not when i try to input something as a string..

help would be appreciated

[wtd]

Works fine for me. Please post all of your code.

[halo3d]

Library.h has this...

code:

#include <iostream> #include <fstream>      #include <istream> using namespace std; void delay(){         cin.get(); } void skip(int i){         for (int a = 0; a < i; a++){                 cout << endl;         } }

test.cpp, the main file, has this

code:

#include "Library.h" main(){ string str; cout << "Enter something"; cin >> str;    //  <----- i get error here skip(2); cout << "you entered .. " << str; cin.get(); }

the whole error is...
------ Build started: Project: test, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

Compiling...
test.cpp
test.cpp(5) : error C2679: binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'std::string' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
test.cpp(6) : error C2679: binary '<<' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'std::string' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

Build log was saved at "file://d:\C++\test\Release\BuildLog.htm"
test - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)


im using visual .net 2003

---------------------- Done ----------------------

Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped

[bugzpodder]

have a
#include<string>

somewhere

[halo3d]

omg i cant believe i keep forgetting that

[wtd]

If you desire a challenge, I suggest trying to figure out why you might want:

code:

void skip(int i){    for (int a = 0; a < i; a++){       cout << endl;    } }

To become:

code:

class skip {    private:       int _lines_to_skip;    public:       skip(int lines = 1);       skip(const skip& other);       skip& operator=(const skip& other);       int lines_to_skip() const;       friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const skip& s); }; skip::skip(int lines) : _lines_to_skip(lines) { } skip::skip(const skip& other) : _lines_to_skip(other._lines_to_skip) { } skip& skip::operator=(const skip& other) {    _lines_to_skip = other._lines_to_skip; } int skip::lines_to_skip() const {    return _lines_to_skip; } ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const skip& s) {    for (int i = 0; i < s._lines_to_skip; i++)    {       out << endl;    }    return out; }

Because then you can have, for instance:

code:

int main() {    cout << skip(20); }