no matching function for call to 'getline??

[pnwadike99]

no matching function for call to 'getline(std::ifstream&, std::string [5])'
55 | getline(fin, rndName);

what does this mean?

  string usersFile; //stores users file name
  const int MAX_RNDNAMES = 5; //list size
  int nrndNames = 0; //list capcacity
  int u;
  string rndName[MAX_RNDNAMES]; //name array
  string tempVar;

  //user introduction
  introduction(objective, instructions);

  // get user file name
  cout <<"Input file name for sorting. " <<endl <<endl;
  getline(cin, usersFile);
  cout <<endl;

  // open input file
  ifstream fin; //
  fin.open(usersFile.c_str()); //
  if (!fin.good()) throw "I/O error"; //
  
  // getnames
  while (true)
  {
    if (!fin.good()) break;
    getline(fin, rndName);
  }
  
  //close input file
  fin.close();
  
  // open output file
  ofstream fout; //reserve "fout" for use
  fout.open ("friends.txt"); //open specifed file
  if (!fout.good()) throw "I/O error"; //if file isnt open output error to console

  //sort
  for (int j = 0; j < nrndNames; j++)
  {
    if (rndName[j] > rndName[j+1])
    {
      tempVar = rndName[j]; 
      rndName[j] = rndName[j+1];
      rndName[j+1] = tempVar;
    }
  }

  //output
  for (u = 0; u < nrndNames; u++)
  {
    cout << rndName[u] <<endl <<endl;
    cout << endl;
    fout << rndName[u] <<endl <<endl;
    fout << endl;
  }

  //close input file
  fout.close();

[fiji885]

It means you can't do a getline for an array of strings - and that's what you're trying to do right now. It's expecting you to use getline for a single string, not the whole array.

  while (true)
  {
    if (!fin.good()) break;
    getline(fin, rndName); // NOT VALID
    getline(fin, rndName[i]); // VALID (assuming i is a valid position)
  }

[dutch]

string name;
while (nrndNames < MAX_RNDNAMES && getline(fin, name))
    rndName[nrndNames++] = name;

[pnwadike99]

thank you