assignment from iterator

[joseplusplus]

Greetings !

I would like to ask a question about yielding the value of an object and assigning it to a string or a char* array.

Here's what I have so far...

int main() {
	vector<string> str_vec;
	string line;
	
	cout << "Enter a string: ";
	while(getline(cin, line)) {
		str_vec.push_back(line);
		cout << "Enter a string: ";	
	}
	
	char **ch_arr = new char* [str_vec.size()];
	
	for(vector<string>::iterator i = str_vec.begin(); i != str_vec.end(); ++i) {
		//I WANT TO ASSIGN THE RESULT OF *i TO THE 1ST POSITION
                //OF ch_arr AND THEN TO THE 2nd AND SO ON
	}
	
	return 0;
}

I can't find the correct way to yield the value of i using the * operator, get the string object out and assign to the corresponding position of the character array ch_arr. How can I do this ?

Please help me,

Jose.

[Disch]

*i gives you a string as you'd expect. The problem is you can't assign a string to a char array. You probably need to copy the string data with strcpy.

Just be sure your char array is large enough to hold the entire string data plus 1 (for the null terminator)

EDIT:

Also note, the string c_str() function gives you a pointer to the string data. You'll need to use this along with strcpy()

[joseplusplus]

Hello Disch,

I've tried that, and it works, I'm a little confused about having to use the C library.

:(