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Can't seem to implement the string header properly

Hi,

I'm using C++ on Red Had Linux 8.0. I'm using g++ to compile my programs. I've properly inserted the <iostream> header, but it seems that the others I try do not work correctly.

For instance, I've been trying to use <string> and <fstream> but both give me errors. When I use #include <string> and then implement the string code in my program, such as string x = "test"; I receive the following error:

block_good.cc: In function `int main()':
block_good.cc:58: `string' undeclared (first use this function)
block_good.cc:58: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each
function it appears in.)
block_good.cc:58: parse error before `=' token

Any help would be great.

Thanks!

Mike McCracken

try
#include <string.h>

mlmcc

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I tried changing it to string.h. No dice.

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I tried changing it to string.h. No dice.

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Mike McCracken

Is the file string.h and filestream.h in the correct directory on the machine?

mlmcc

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Using the #include <string> and "using std::string" fixes the problem!

I don't understand why I didn't have to do this in my computer science courses. Do I need to modify a header file to include this automatically?

Thanks for the assistance.

Mike McCracken

Did you happen to use MS VC++? If so it can be setup to not requie the std:

gnu I believe requires it. There is a way around it but I forget what it is.

SOmething like
Using <String.h>

mlmcc

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Thanks to everyone for the help. If you have any ideas as to why I never had to include this before or if it was built into my header file, please let me know.

Thanks.

Thanks to mlmcc and JZ4096 for the assistance.

JZ4096

Including <string.h> does not include C++'s new STL string class, but only C's string manipulation functions (strcat, strlen, strcmp, etc).

Including <string> includes the STL string, but it is in namespace std by default. To bring it into the global namespace, using namespace std; or using std::string; is necessary.

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