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not able to print out statement

daniel2012 (5)
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
const string LETTER_D =
"*******\n* *\n* *\n* *\n* *\n*******\n";
const string LETTER_A =
" * \n * *\n * *\n*********\n* *\n* *\n";
const string LETTER_N =
"* *\n* * *\n* * *\n* * *\n* * *\n* *\n";
const string LETTER_I =
"********\n * \n * \n * \n * \n********\n";
const string LETTER_E =
"********\n* \n***** \n***** \n* \n********\n";
const string LETTER_L =
"* \n* \n* \n* \n* \n********\n";


cout << LETTER_D;
cout << LETTER_A;
cout << LETTER_N;
cout << LETTER_I;
cout << LETTER_E;
cout << LETTER_L;
return 0;
}

This is the code however when i run this shows up:
cint -E -E U:\cs150home-S12\week01\HW03.cpp
Error: Assignment to LETTER_D type incompatible U:\cs150home-S12\week01\HW03.cpp(16)
!!! return from main() function
>Exit code: 0

does anyone know how to fix this? thank you
whitenite1 (1785)
@daniel2012

Have you tried adding #include <string>; I did, and everything printed, though every letter ran into the next. Try adding an extra newline \n onto the end of const string. It'll look nicer.
LB (13399)
Protip: You can define strings on multiple lines like this:
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string s =
    "ABCDEF"
    "GHIJKL\n"
    "MNOPQR"
    "STUVWX\n"
    "Y" "Z";
s contains:
ABCDEFGHIJKL
MNOPQRSTUVWX
YZ
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whitenite1 (1785)
@daniel2012

Hope you don't mind, but I fixed up your letters, so they print correctly on screen.

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// Print Statement.cpp : main project file.

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

int main()
{
const string LETTER_D =
"*******\n*\t*\n*\t*\n*\t*\n*\t*\n*******\n\n";
const string LETTER_A =
" *******\n*\t*\n*\t*\n*********\n*\t*\n*\t*\n\n";
const string LETTER_N =
"*      *\n* *    *\n*  *   *\n*   *  *\n*    * *\n*      *\n\n";
const string LETTER_I =
"********\n   *\n   *\n   *\n   *\n********\n\n";
const string LETTER_E =
"********\n* \n***** \n***** \n* \n********\n\n";
const string LETTER_L =
"* \n* \n* \n* \n* \n********\n\n";


cout << LETTER_D;
cout << LETTER_A;
cout << LETTER_N;
cout << LETTER_I;
cout << LETTER_E;
cout << LETTER_L;
return 0;
}
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daniel2012 (5)
Oh okay yeah that does help and i thank both of you!
but what does the \t do? havent seen that one
LB (13399)
It's a tab ;)
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