Converting set of string of text file into char array

[daphne]

Hi.
I try to convert set of string inside a text file into array list. But I encounter some error. I use the method of reading a text file line by line. After that, I try to convert the set of string into char array list.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main () {
	char a[256];
	char buffer[256];
	ifstream myfile ("names.txt");

	while (! myfile.eof() )
	{
    myfile.getline(buffer,100);
    
    cout <<buffer << endl;
    
    //convert file inside text file into char array
    strcpy(a, buffer.c_str());
    cout << a << endl;
    }
	
	system("PAUSE");
}

Inside my text file is :

123
dfgdg

I find this error :

Error 1 error C2228: left of '.c_str' must have class/struct/union

Thanks for the help....

[toexii]

myfile.getline(buffer,100);

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/getline/

You didn't use getline() properly. The first argument should be an istream, the second the variable you want to put the line in.

[Warnis]

Wrong getline toexii, it's correct.
Just remove the .c_str() from line 19 and you're good to go (c_str() is a function from the string class to convert it into a char array)

[toexii]

My bad indeed.
This is the one you're using:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/iostream/istream/getline/

I didn't know there was more than one getline..

Sorry :)

[daphne]

@Warnis:
I need to convert the string class into char array. If I delete the c_str(), then the buffer will still be a string class when I pass it into

strcpy(a, buffer);