vector pushback compilation error

[john isaac]

this statement causes a compilation error:
memberlist.name.push_back(newname);


cannot convert std::string to char.

memberlist is a vector...i is an integer that's interating in a
loop...name is part of a struct Profile defined as string name.

Vector<Profile>memberlist (memberlist is a vector of type profile)

Struct Profile
{

string name;
};

newname is being passed in through a function parameter...

editName(vector<Profile>&memberlist, newname)


does anyone know why it does this??

 

[xzgyb]

memberlist.name.append(newname);

 

[PascalK]

editName(vector<Profile>&memberlist, newname)
{
Profile *pNewProfile;
pNewProfile = new Profile;
pNewProfile->name = newname;
memberlist.push_back(pNewProfile);
}

 

[BobR]

john isaac wrote in message ...

this statement causes a compilation error:
memberlist.name.push_back(newname);

cannot convert std::string to char.

Yup! Try:

memberlist.name += newname;
or:
memberlist.at( i ).name += newname;

 

[Chris Theis]

this statement causes a compilation error:
memberlist.name.push_back(newname);


cannot convert std::string to char.

memberlist is a vector...i is an integer that's interating in a
loop...name is part of a struct Profile defined as string name.

Vector<Profile>memberlist (memberlist is a vector of type profile)

Struct Profile
{

string name;
};

newname is being passed in through a function parameter...

editName(vector<Profile>&memberlist, newname)


does anyone know why it does this??

The reason is that the push_back method of the string class requires a
character and not a string. So you'll either have to push_back the
characters of the string that is to be appended one by one, or you'll head
for the append() method. This is actually the way I'd suggest ;-)

Cheers
Chris