trouble using watcom compiler

[koopa]

Hi folks,

Bit of a novice really, I wrote some code under MS VS2008 IDE, it compiles fine but when I go to compile under Watcom (I want to make the code good for Win16) I get the following error/note:

arts.cpp(69): Error! E157: col(49) left expression must be integral

arts.cpp(69): Note! N717: col(49) left operand type is 'std::ostream (lvalue)'

arts.cpp(69): Note! N718: col(49) right operand type is 'std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>> const (lvalue)'

This seems to be the line causing trouble...

cout << "please enter " << sysConstName[countVal] << " value then press return: ";

any thoughts?

[koopa]

sorry should mention that sysConstName[countVal] is a string array of 10 elements each haolding a short string of text, the countVal is simply parrt of a for loop to cycle through the array.

[koopa]

hi,

it looks like the compiler doesnt like the way I'm trying to output the contents of my array elements, where it see's cout << array[count]; it errors with:
Error! E157: col(49) left expression must be integral
Note! N717: col(49) left operand type is 'std::ostream (lvalue)'
Note! N718: col(49) right operand type is 'std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>> const (lvalue)'

is there any other way to output the element of an array without usinmg cout?

Appreciate any help.

[Disch]

Nothing is wrong with that code. The problem is probably just because the compiler is pre-standard. In which case there's nothing really to do except write non-standard code (which of course means it won't work in other compilers).

So you'd probably have to shoot yourself in the foot to get this working.

koopa wrote:

(I want to make the code good for Win16)

Good god man, why?