linked list and classes.... whaaaat??!!

[vicalroma]

So Im working on my final project. aaaaand it is not working. my code worked before but it seems like it decided to stop working. I have to create linked list but the program crashes at right when it gets to
EmpPosition *temp = new (EmpPosition). I have no idea of what Im doing wrong... help, in the name of Odin, heeelp!!

 system("cls");
		cout << "Position ID#:\n\tThe ID number is determined by the first letter "
			<< "of a position \nfollowed by a three digit number. For example:\n\n";
		cout << setw(5) << "Position ID# \t Positions" << endl
			<< "P100\t\tProfessor" << endl
			<< "O100\t\tFull-time office" << endl
			<< "S100\t\tPart-time office (students only)\n\n" << endl;

		EmpPosition *temp = new (EmpPosition);
		cout << "Enter Postion ID:  ";
		cin >> temp->posID;
		if (toupper(temp->posID[0]) == 'P') // positions with salaries
		{
			cin.ignore();
			cout << "Enter Description: ";
			getline(cin, temp->posDesc);	
			cout << "Enter Institution ID: ";
			getline(cin, temp->instID);
			cout << "Enter Salary: ";
			cin >> temp->salary;
		
			temp->totalPositions++; //static variable
			temp->next = head;
			head = temp;
		}
		else //for positions with wages 
		{
			cout << "Enter Description: ";
			getline(cin, temp->posDesc);	
			cout << "Enter Institution ID: ";
			getline(cin, temp->instID);
			cout << "Enter Hourly Wage: ";
			cin >> temp->hrlyWage;
			cout << "Enter Number of Hours: ";
			cin >> temp->hours;
			temp->totalPositions++;

			temp->next = head;
			head = temp;			
		}

[vicalroma]

also I get an error that says string subscript out of range when it crashes... help.. anybody...

[Zhuge]

What does the constructor of EmpPosition look like? The error suggests you are accessing out of bounds on a string, probably in there somewhere.

[vicalroma]

Thanks for the response yeah the problem was there. I had posID[0] = '' as if it was an array.. thanks a lot