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I was working on a game (it's code is currently 1650 lines long), and I came across an issue:

error C2664: 'setcolor' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::string' to 'unsigned int'

I have a 'setcolor' function

void setcolor (unsigned int color) { //There is NOT a redefinition issue AT ALL
	HANDLE hcon = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
        SetConsoleTextAttribute(hcon,color);
}

and here is the code where I change the color:

std::string color; //there is NOT a redefinition issue AT ALL

ifstream file ("settings.txt");

getline(file, color);

file.close();

setcolor(color);

Is there a way to solve this issue WITHOUT converting the string to an intager (or however you spell it)?