Beginners - C++ Forum - May 2011 (Page 35)

Hello. I'm trying to understand the working of findfirstfile and findnextfile. But, I'm unable to link to a proper site that explains right from scratch. Can ...

[1 reply] : If you want a reference, see msdn. If you want an example, here's one... (by hamsterman)

by mwmnj

Matrix operator overloading program question

How would I copy an array that is made in a constructor into external arrays outside of the class and then use those copies for operator overloading? I am tr...

[1 reply] : Use proper indentation. if (0 > rangeIn && rangeIn > 20) This wil... (by hamsterman)

by Nicholas jeffs

Trouble with if/else using strings

Hi, first post here. I'm a relative noobie when it comes to c++ but I've been learning for a few months now and decided to make a game. So, the problem I'm havi...

[1 reply] : bm == "Left" || "left" should be bm == "Left" || bm == "left" (sam... (by hamsterman)

by pkee123

how would i randomize a string

int junbleString (string str) { int length = str.length(); for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) { str = str[rand() % (sizeof (str) - 1)]; } }...

[2 replies] Last: this question seems to come up on a daily basis - maybe someone should... (by kfmfe04)

by pkee123

what am i doing wrong

void jumbleString (string str) { int length = str.length(); int j, k; for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) { i = rand() % length; j = rand(...

[2 replies] Last: i wanted to create a function where i would enter a string and it woul... (by pkee123)

by jackel7777

static objects

Why do we need static objects. I have never used but was wondering if there is any scenarios where we need them?thanks.

[6 replies] Last: Thanks! I kind of assumed that because namespaces weren't part of C bu... (by ModShop)

by caipis92

Help with this problem regarding loopings

Make a program that willl generate n number of items of this sequence given the value of n from keyboard input. The program prints the items of the sequence and...

[1 reply] : what code have you written so far? this seems pretty straightforward,... (by ascii)

by flclempire

brief const question

Hey, could someone give me a brief explanation of what exactly const protects here? class Bacon { public: Bacon(int a) : amount(a) {} int tellAmount() c...

[3 replies] Last: By specifying a member function as const, you are essentially promisin... (by Branflakes91093)

by GamexCoder

Text Based Calculator Help

Hello, Ive been working on this basic text based calculator as a exercise and ive run into a couple errors and cannot figure out what is wrong. Heres the source...

[3 replies] Last: i made one like this a few weeks back if you need some help, or want m... (by ascii)

by GamexCoder

Help with simple BMI calc

Hello, I am very new to c++ i started a couple days ago, today I tried to make a BMI calculator and cannot get the formula to work. The Calculator is text base....

[5 replies] Last: theres no need for the variable to be short. once again, i reccommend... (by ascii)

by jamesguize

hello there im new here, and im planning to create an exe compiler, can you tell me how to...

hello there im new here, and im planning to create an exe compiler, can you tell me how to... this is my first topic... is there any tutorial/example on maki...

[11 replies] Last: Does that have the tutorial on making an exe compiler in it? The... (by king214)

by klangston1992

What did I do wrong?

my compiler is bloodshed c++. I keep getting this error on my program. I want to know how can I fix it. Thanks [Linker error] undefined reference to `get...

[3 replies] Last: Which mistake did you make? Have you actually written code for the fun... (by Moschops)

by firix

text processing.

Hi, I want to write an''ideal''class for general text processing. What it has facilities should it? How do I write this ?

[10 replies] Last: stereoMatching: If you insist to do it by C++, you could consider ... (by firix)

by kjata

Problem with inputing data into arrays and displaying

Hello, I'm new to learning C++ and was doing well until we hit Arrays. My homework is to retrieve data from a file and then add and display part of the data fr...

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by klangston1992

need guidance on how to finish program

Instructions: --For each day, tell which balloon (identify it by time released) traveled the greatest distance on that day (7 values printed). Identify the day...

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by bigbass1997

need help with switch

What im trying to make is a Compound/Simple Interest Calculator and i want the user to be able to chose which one they want (a compound calc or a simple calc). ...

[3 replies] Last: cplusplus.com helps those who help themselves, to steal a quote from s... (by closed account 3hM2Nwbp)

by mrsterlenbusch

Need to read paycode from txt file then display salary

I am trying to write C++ code to get the salary amount associated with the payCode. The #include 's that I am using are <iostream>, <string>, and <fstream>. I...

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by waqqassheikh

Behind the scenes of passing pointers as parameters

I've recently used this kind of notation to state that the function takes a pointer as a parameter. void write(string* &word) but I don't quite understand...

[4 replies] Last: T& is is just T*const with nicer syntax. (by hamsterman)

by closed account 17pz3TCk

Header file library

Can anyone please give me a site where I can download a set of common C++ header files. I tried using google but couldn't really find anything. I apologize in a...

[1 reply] : http://www.boost.org/ (by closed account 3hM2Nwbp)

by Supernovapsy

No matching function for template function

I am trying to make a template function to calculate the median of a vector, but this: template <class RandIt, class T> T median(RandIt beg, RandIt end) {...

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