[Cloud Heartnet]

I'm working on the following program:
accept lines of text from the console and write the lines of text to the file. An empty string can be used to cause the program to quit accepting lines of text from the console and close the file. To test for an empty string (which occurs when you press the Enter key without typing any text),use the strlen() function from the string.h include file. Is this how it's supposed to look?

 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main () 
{
    string str;

    
    cout << "Enter string for testing "
    	 << "(0 to quit) : ";
    while ( cin >> str )
    {
    	cout << endl;
    	cout << "String is : " << str << endl;
    	cout << "Enter string for testing "
             << "(0 to quit) : ";
    }
if ( str = 0)
{
cout <<"The End" << endl;
break;
}

    return 0;
}

[JackOfAllTrades]

if ( str = 0)

That sets str to 0.

[DJPlayer]

string::empty
public member function
bool empty ( ) const;

Test if string is empty
Returns whether the string is empty, i.e. whether its size is 0.

This function does not modify the content of the string in any way. To clear the content of the string, member clear can be used.

example:

string str;

if (str.empty())
    cout << "string is empty" << endl;

[Scotty G]

you want to use strcmp should look something like

if(strcmp(str, "0") == 0)

hope this helps!

This post has been edited by Scotty G: 14 July 2010 - 09:37 AM

[sarmanu]

Also, that if statement is not in the scope of your while loop. Right now, you are stuck in an infinite loop, as that if is designed to execute after the while loop.
EDIT:

if ( str = 0)

str is a std::string. 0, as it is, with no quotes, is an integer. Also, use the equality operator. Jack already pointed the issue.

@scotty:

if(strcmp(str, "0") == 0)

str is a std::string. strcmp expects a pointer to char. Your code will not compile. And why bother using strcmp() with strings, when std::string class already has the operator == overloaded?

This post has been edited by sarmanu: 14 July 2010 - 09:39 AM

[DJPlayer]

do you want a 0 to quit.. or an empty string?? your question and your program don't coincide.

you have both logic errors and syntax erros.. you might want to rethink just the mere structure of the algorithm before testing for your exit condition.

This post has been edited by DJPlayer: 14 July 2010 - 09:39 AM