From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem using ANSI string
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 04:53:05 -0500
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"Y.K. Goh" wrote:
> 
> I've some problem using the standard ANSI string class. The
> following piece of code just wouldn't compile.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> #include <string.h>
> #include <iostream.h>
> 
> main()
> {
>    string str = "Hello World";
>    cout << str << endl;
>    return 0;
> }

You are not, in fact, using the standard ANSI string class.
<string.h> is the header for the C string functionality.  In C++ is is
spelled <cstring>.
The header for the C++ string class is <string>.  To be consistent, you
should also use the current standard name of <iostream>.


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