C Syntax Question

[abhishekkarnik]

I was going over MSDN to find a way to enumerate files using C++. I
came across some syntax that looks like:
DirectoryInfo^ di = gcnew DirectoryInfo("..\\GA\\Files");
array<FileInfo^>^fiArr = di->GetFiles();
Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = fiArr->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
FileInfo^ fri = safe_cast<FileInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::WriteLine( fri->Name );
}

My question is, what are all the "^" and if there is any documentation
anyone knows off so that I can read about it

regards,
Abhi

 

[pete]

I was going over MSDN to find a way to enumerate files using C++. I
came across some syntax that looks like:
DirectoryInfo^ di = gcnew DirectoryInfo("..\\GA\\Files");
array<FileInfo^>^fiArr = di->GetFiles();
Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = fiArr->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
FileInfo^ fri = safe_cast<FileInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::WriteLine( fri->Name );
}

My question is, what are all the "^" and if there is any documentation
anyone knows off so that I can read about it

 

[Thomas J. Gritzan]

news:comp.lang.c++

No. It's a Microsoft extension, either C# or C++/CLI and is also offtopic
in comp.lang.c++. Try a programming newsgroup about .NET.

 

[Malcolm McLean]

I was going over MSDN to find a way to enumerate files using C++. I
came across some syntax that looks like:
DirectoryInfo^ di = gcnew DirectoryInfo("..\\GA\\Files");
array<FileInfo^>^fiArr = di->GetFiles();
Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = fiArr->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
FileInfo^ fri = safe_cast<FileInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::WriteLine( fri->Name );
}

My question is, what are all the "^" and if there is any documentation
anyone knows off so that I can read about it

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It means your job is about to be exported to China. Microsoft put them in so
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