Array Problem with Loops

[s1l3nt]

I am working with arrays and so to help myself understand I think of a program I want to design using what I just learned, so here is what I want to do. I created a array named 'names'. It uses string array so the user enters in 5 names in a loop and stores them then starts another loop and prints out all 5. Here is what I have. When I run it however, it only prints out the last value entered

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string names[5];
    for (int x = 0; x < 5; x++)
    {
        int a = 0;
        cin >> names[a];
        a++;
    }
    for (int y = 0; y < 5; y++)
    {
        int b = 0;
        cout << names[b] << endl;
        b++;
    }

    return 0;
}

[sysopfb]

You're not using strings anywhere in that code.

If you go over the logic of your for loops you'll notice that you are declaring your array indexer to be 0 every iteration of your loop.
You don't need a new variable to use as an array index for those for loops anyway just use the x and y variables you're using in your for loop constraints.

int i;
int data[5];
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
{
    data[i] = i+1;
}

[mirec]

hi
ok. so I don t think that you need integer a and b at all... you should delete line 11 13 17 and 19 and in first loop change name [a] to x and in second name[b] to y.

you have already stated x to 0 and every time go x + 1 so you don t need a and b any more try to get rid of them and compile and run it again.. see how that works for you..

[s1l3nt]

Mirec......thank you so much, it works perfectly now!! I never thought I would overthink how to set up the loop but I guess I did.

[mirec]

you re welcome. any time :)