question  How do I Convert a Vector to a String Array?

lazyrussian (7)   Link to this post
Hiya,

I was wondering how I would go about converting a vector to a string array?

Would the following be proper:

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vector<string> screen;
string scr(screen.begin(), screen.end());

or do I have to allot a certain amount of space/memory for scr before I fill the array?

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vector<string> screen;
string scr[vector.size()];
scr[] = scr(screen.begin(), screen.end());

or something like that?


(Pretend for a moment that my vector has already been initialized with values)

Thanks.
Mitsakos (343)   Link to this post
I think you can not do the first method because the vector is a container that contains string which is also a container... You can only do your first example between vectors.

You can do it by your second but you can not declare the size of scr[] array like that. You have to do it at runtime. So you have to use pointer to string.
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vector<string> screen;
...//add data to screen here
string *scr;
scr = new string[screen.size()];
for(int i=0; i<screen.size(); i++){
   scr[i] = screen[i];//Copy the vector to the string
}


Hope this helps
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firedraco (2048)   Link to this post
Lolz Mistsakos got it before me!

Btw, thanks for code tags actually.
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