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Subject: Re: Need help - String Class (compiling/linking)
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:08:56 GMT
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Charlie Hall wrote:

>I've successfully written and run programs that use <iostream.h>,

<iostream.h> is non-standard, so it's better to use <iostream>.
(Remember, however, that this puts everything in namespace std.)

>and I've just attempted to use the String class,
>which I assume is in <_String.h>.

<_String.h> is just a DJGPP thing - what you want is <string>.

> Here's my code:
> 
>     // Program:  list.cpp
>     #include <_String.h>
> 
>     int main()
>     {
>         String s1('a');
>         return 0;
>     }

Try this:


#include <string>
using std::string;

int main()
{
    string s1("a");
    return 0;
}


Compile like this:

    gpp -Wall -O2 list.cpp -o list.exe