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argv and static cast not ciompiling with Unix C++

int main(int argc, char argv[])

xx = static_cast<int>(argv[1]);

this compiles in visual studio but fails on argv error = "unix second argument of int main should be char *argv
"

If I change to *argv then stat_cast lines fails with
invalid static_cast from type char to type int

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TommySzalapski

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TommySzalapski

You might need to include stdlib.h or cstdlib for atoi to work.

Neil Russell

It would be interesting to know what it is you are trying to achieve here.
I am sure that there are neater ways to get where you are trying to go.

pcomb

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am reading in a number of integer values and characters eg
./prog 1 2 3 4 +

if i use (int argc, char* argv[]) it does not cmpile in linux invalid static_cast from type char to type int as per my initial explanaton

thanks

Neil Russell

"(int argc, char* argv[]) " is Perfectly correct.
However...
"xx = static_cast<int>(argv[1]);" is not, that is the error. As Tommy already said, you should use xx = atoi(argv[1]); for the first arg etc..

Neil Russell

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
int xx;
if (argc > 1)
{
for (count = 1; count < argc; count++)
      {
       printf("argv[%d] = %s\n", count, argv[count]);
xx = atoi(argv[count]);
       printf("argv[%d] = %d\n", count, xx);
      }
}
}

TommySzalapski

atoi will fail on characters. Are they always single characters like 1, 2, +, A, or can they be multiple, like 34, +:-, hi, ...?

If you are just hacking something simple together and want to only use single characters, then use static_cast<int>(argv[1][0]) to just pull the first character off of the argument.

If you want arbitrary length things, then why are you casting to int if it can be characters?