Strings inside arrays
 

Hi,
First, Sorry if the title was bad, I really didn't know how to describe
this.
So,
What I need to do is something like this:
char somevariable[256]; // The tricky part. I don't know how to define
it.
somevariable[1] = "Hello";
somevariable[2] = "Goodbye";
And to print them using:
printf(somevariable[1]);
and
printf(somevariable[2]);

Hope I was describing this enough.
Thanks, LinuxDuud.

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

"LinuxDuud" <ng1200@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1168970189.421941.107920@51g2000cwl.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi,
> First, Sorry if the title was bad, I really didn't know how to describe
> this.
> So,
> What I need to do is something like this:
> char somevariable[256]; // The tricky part. I don't know how to define
> it.
> somevariable[1] = "Hello";
> somevariable[2] = "Goodbye";
> And to print them using:
> printf(somevariable[1]);
> and
> printf(somevariable[2]);
>
> Hope I was describing this enough.
> Thanks, LinuxDuud.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using std::cout;
using std::string;
using std::vector;

int main()
{
vector<string> text;

text.push_back("Hello");
text.push_back("The C++ standard library has many easy to use,");
text.push_back("robust and versatile types and algorithms. Use them.");
text.push_back("Goodbye");

for(vector<string>::size_type i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i)
cout << text[i] << '\n';

return 0;
}

-Mike

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

On 16 Jan 2007 09:56:29 -0800, "LinuxDuud" <ng1200@gmail.com> wrote in
comp.lang.c++:

> Hi,
> First, Sorry if the title was bad, I really didn't know how to describe
> this.
> So,
> What I need to do is something like this:
> char somevariable[256]; // The tricky part. I don't know how to define
> it.
> somevariable[1] = "Hello";
> somevariable[2] = "Goodbye";
> And to print them using:
> printf(somevariable[1]);
> and
> printf(somevariable[2]);
>
> Hope I was describing this enough.
> Thanks, LinuxDuud.

Somebody else already showed you a way to use C++ vectors and streams
to do what you want, completely ignoring the fact that you might have
a good reason to use C style strings and the printf() function. And
you should prefer vectors unless there is some reason that you cannot.

But to answer your original question:

const char *somevariable [256] =
{
"Hello",
"Goodbye",
/* up to 254 more string literals */
};

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Re: Strings inside arrays
 

Mike Wahler wrote:
> "LinuxDuud" <ng1200@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1168970189.421941.107920@51g2000cwl.googlegro ups.com...
> > Hi,
> > First, Sorry if the title was bad, I really didn't know how to describe
> > this.
> > So,
> > What I need to do is something like this:
> > char somevariable[256]; // The tricky part. I don't know how to define
> > it.
> > somevariable[1] = "Hello";
> > somevariable[2] = "Goodbye";
> > And to print them using:
> > printf(somevariable[1]);
> > and
> > printf(somevariable[2]);
> >
> > Hope I was describing this enough.
> > Thanks, LinuxDuud.
>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <string>
> #include <vector>
>
> using std::cout;
> using std::string;
> using std::vector;
>
> int main()
> {
> vector<string> text;
>
> text.push_back("Hello");
> text.push_back("The C++ standard library has many easy to use,");
> text.push_back("robust and versatile types and algorithms. Use them.");
> text.push_back("Goodbye");
>
> for(vector<string>::size_type i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i)
> cout << text[i] << '\n';

With such a message I would think your loop might look more like this:

std::copy(text.begin(), text.end(),
std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(cout, "\n"));

>
> return 0;
> }
>
> -Mike

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

"Noah Roberts" <roberts.noah@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1168972950.084890.242350@11g2000cwr.googlegro ups.com...
>
> Mike Wahler wrote:

>>
>> for(vector<string>::size_type i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i)
>> cout << text[i] << '\n';
>
> With such a message I would think your loop might look more like this:
>
> std::copy(text.begin(), text.end(),
> std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(cout, "\n"));

:-)
Actually, I indeed almost did exactly that.

But I thought better of it, since OP seems to obviously
be a C++ beginner. I Didn't want to overload (pun intended)
him with too much info right away.

-Mike

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

Jack Klein wrote:

> Somebody else already showed you a way to use C++ vectors and streams
> to do what you want, completely ignoring the fact that you might have
> a good reason to use C style strings and the printf() function. And
> you should prefer vectors unless there is some reason that you cannot.

I think so, that printf() can be used in some cases if you well know
the function, but you can get wrong output, if you will mix
"std::stdout" and "std::cout" streams. To avoid backside effects use
"printf" and "<<" into separate streams, for example, do printf into
stderror or file and << into cout.

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:19:35 -0800, Grizlyk wrote:

> Jack Klein wrote:
>
>> Somebody else already showed you a way to use C++ vectors and streams
>> to do what you want, completely ignoring the fact that you might have
>> a good reason to use C style strings and the printf() function. And
>> you should prefer vectors unless there is some reason that you cannot.
>
> I think so, that printf() can be used in some cases if you well know
> the function, but you can get wrong output, if you will mix
> "std::stdout" and "std::cout" streams. To avoid backside effects

....please adjust your diet ;) Seriously though, not quite sure what you
intended there.

> use "printf" and "<<" into separate streams, for example, do printf into
> stderror or file and << into cout.

Is that necessary? I think a call to std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(true)
should synchronise the standard C I/O facilities (stdout, etc.) with their
standard C++ equivalents (std::cout, etc.).

(Indeed it used to be [still is?] recommended that if you are using one or
the other of C or C++ I/O facilities then it might be a good idea to call
sync_with_stdio(false), since synching I/O modes might entail a substantial
speed/size overhead).

--
Lionel B

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

Lionel B wrote:
> Is that necessary? I think a call to std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(true)
> should synchronise the standard C I/O facilities (stdout, etc.) with their
> standard C++ equivalents (std::cout, etc.).

They are sync'd by default; you would only call that function if you
wanted to unsync them.

Re: Strings inside arrays
 

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:12:29 -0800, Old Wolf wrote:

> Lionel B wrote:
>> Is that necessary? I think a call to std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(true)
>> should synchronise the standard C I/O facilities (stdout, etc.) with their
>> standard C++ equivalents (std::cout, etc.).

Yep, sorry, that's the wrong way round...

> They are sync'd by default; you would only call that function if you
> wanted to unsync them.

For that reason it was often recommended that you explicitly *un*-sync them
with std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false) for better I/O performance if
you were not intending to mix C and C++ style I/O in the same program.

--
Lionel B