Structures problem

[biplav17]

if (input ==1)
           {
                     cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                     cin >> holders;
                     holders = array[m].name; 
                     
           }

when I type this code it gives me a weird syntax error... why?

[Moschops]

Is holders of type "eggSuckingZombie"? You can't use >> on an eggSuckingZombie type.

As it is, your code makes no sense. The user enters a value for the variable holders, and the very next thing you do is change that value again, so there was no point at all in the user entering anything.

[biplav17]

I am trying to let the user change the value they wanted. So i need to change. I tried using getline (cin, ..) but it gives me the same weird answer:

STRUCTURES.cpp 'struct std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >' has no member named 'name' 

my full code of the function is :
please help

struct student
    {
           string name;
           int grade;
           string gender;
           int studentnumber;
           string medperil;
           string address;
           int telephone;
    }     ; 
void displayer(string array[])
{
     int m, input;
     string ans;
     int holder;
     string holders;
     cout << "Do you want to change anything. y/n" << endl;
     cin >> ans;
     while (ans == "y" || ans == "Y")
     {
           
     
           cout << "Please say the position of the student you would like to change" << endl;
           cin >> m;
           cout << "what would you like to change?" << endl;
           cout << " 1) Name" << endl;
           cout << " 2) Grade" << endl;
           cout << " 3) Gender" << endl;
           cout << " 4) Studentnumber" << endl;
           cout << " 5) Medperil" << endl;
           cout << " 6) Address" << endl;
           cout << " 7) Phone" << endl;
           cin >> input;
           if (input ==1)
           {
                     cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                     cin >> holders;
                     holders = array[m].name;                     
           }
           else if (input == 2)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holder;
                holder = array[m].grade; 
           }
           else if (input == 3)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holders;
                holders= array[m].gender;  
           }
           else if (input ==4)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holder ;
                holder = array[m].studentnumber ;                 
           }
           else if (input ==5)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holders ;
                holders= array[m].medperil  ; 
           }
           else if (input ==6)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holders ;
                holders= array[m].address  ; 
           }
           else if (input ==7)
           {
                cout << "what would you like to change it to?" << endl;
                cin >> holder;
                holder = array[m].telephone ;  
           }
           else
           {
            cout << "Nothing to change" << endl;
           }
           cout << "Do you want to change anything. y/n" << endl;
           cin >> ans;
     } 
     
     
}

[SpectresShadow]

because holder is the user's input that you want to use to change array[m].whatever you should not assign array[m].whatever to holder. instead reverse that code so that you are assigning holder to array[m].whatever. as moschops was trying to point out to you. hope you find this helpful.