Problem with a 'string' 'for' loop.

[Easelm]

Hello. I have a small issue, I guess. My code works, but it only gets the first string in my array. Here is my code:

				std::size_t found;
				const int SIZE = 2;
				std::string Array[SIZE] = { "item1", "item2"};
				
				for(int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
				{
					found = msg.find(Array[i]);
					if(found != std::string::npos)
					{
					        // Cannot continue
						return;
					}
					else
					{
						Message(msg);
						return; // Return here so the message isn't spammed
					}
				}

Now, I want to know how I can get each string in my array. Thanks!

[Peter87]

Remove the two return statements.

[Easelm]

If I do, the word will seek through into the chat log. If the return isn't there, players won't be able to send their message.

[Peter87]

What chat log? Why are they not able to send?

[Easelm]

This is for my game. When I take out the 'return', it will cause the message to be displayed and ALSO, the error will display too.. when it should be reversed.

[Peter87]

I don't know what is going on but a return statement will end the whole function.

[Easelm]

How specific do I have to be, lol? I pretty much explained everything 'that is going on'. Anyway, I'll try and take the return statement out and see if I can fix it.

[Stewbond]

I've often wondered about arrays of strings. The reason being is that the [] operator (if you can call it an operator) already has an action when associated with a string. Specifying an index in this will return that particular character of the string. There seems to therefore be a conflict.

For instance:

std::string sTest = "Hello";
std::cout << "First letter: " << sTest[0] << std::endl;
std::cout << "Second letter: " << sTest[1];

will output

First letter: H
Second letter: e

So in this case:

std::string sTest[2] = {"Hello" , "World"}
std::cout << sTest[0] << std::endl << sTest[1];

What would the output be?

[Dacster13]

the output would be

Hello
World

if you want the single character you'll probabaly need to do something like

cout << sTest[0][0]; // give me the first string's first character

If I'm not mistaken.