string and atoi

[puppymew]

How do I use string and atoi at the same time?

string scroes;
char input[SIZE];

cout<<" Enter your score" << endl;
cin.getline (input, SIZE);
scores = atoi (input);

[vlad from moscow]

As it follows from the name of function atoi it converts an object of type char[] (alpha) to type int. Class std::string is not the type int. So the compiler shall issue an error for this statement

scores = atoi (input);