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tybalttheappleEater (34)
Hi, I'm fairly new to vectors and I'm having trouble storing a string in a vector.
I keep getting the errors in lines 51-54: no suitable constructor exist to convert from

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "Movie.h"

using namespace std;

vector <string> movieActors;

void promptForMovie(Movie & myMovie);
// prompts the user the user for movie title and returns a Movie object to the calling program
// @param myMovie - takes the movie attribute that the user entered

void printMovie(Movie & myMovie);
// sets and prints the movie attribute


//-------------------------------------
//Main program ------------------------
//-------------------------------------

int main () {
	Movie movie;

	promptForMovie(movie);

	printMovie(movie);
	
	return 0; //program done
}

//------------------------------------------------------
//Subprograms ------------------------------------------
//------------------------------------------------------

void promptForMovie(Movie & myMovie) {
	cout << "Enter movie attribute: ";
	string mInfo = " ";
	getline(cin, mInfo);
	myMovie.setTitle(mInfo);
}

void printMovie(Movie & myMovie) {
	if (myMovie.getTitle() == "The Dark Knight") {

	myMovie.setTitle("The Dark Knight");
	myMovie.setDirector("Christopher Nolan");
	myMovie.setYear(2008);
	myMovie.setRating(PG13);
	myMovie.setURL("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/");
	myMovie.setActor("Christian Bale") ;   
	myMovie.setActor("Heath Ledger") ;
	myMovie.setActor("Aaron Eckhart") ;
	myMovie.setActor("Gary Oldman") ;          

	cout << myMovie.toString() << endl;    //prints the movie attributes  
	}


	else if (myMovie.getTitle() == "Django Unchained") {

	myMovie.setTitle("Django Unchained");
	myMovie.setDirector("Quentin Tarantino");
	myMovie.setYear(2012);
	myMovie.setRating(R);
	myMovie.setURL("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/");
	
	cout << myMovie.toString() << endl;    //prints the movie attributes  
	}

	else if (myMovie.getTitle() == "Maleficent") {

	myMovie.setTitle("Maleficent");
	myMovie.setDirector("Robert Stromberg");
	myMovie.setYear(2014);
	myMovie.setRating(PG);
	myMovie.setURL("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587310/");
	
	cout << myMovie.toString() << endl;    //prints the movie attributes  
	}

	else if (myMovie.getTitle() == "The Lion King") {

	myMovie.setTitle("The Lion King");   
	myMovie.setDirector("Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff");
	myMovie.setYear(1994);
	myMovie.setRating(G);
	myMovie.setURL("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/");

	cout << myMovie.toString() << endl;    //prints the movie attributes  
	}
	
	else if (myMovie.getTitle() == "American Psycho" ) {

	myMovie.setTitle("American Psycho");
	myMovie.setDirector("Mary Harron");
	myMovie.setYear(2000);
	myMovie.setRating(NC17);
	myMovie.setURL("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/");
	
	cout << myMovie.toString() << endl;    //prints the movie attributes  
	}
}


Can someone give me advice on how I can correctly store several actor names so that it will print like:
i.e.

Movie: The Dark Knight
Director: Christopher Nolan
Year: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Actors: Christian Bale
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart

tybalttheappleEater (34)
Oh and here's the method for the .h file:
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <vector>
#include "Movie.h"

using namespace std;

// ------------------------------------------------------
// ----- Constructors -----------------------------------
// ------------------------------------------------------
			//Default constructor
			Movie::Movie() {}

			//Copy Constructors
			Movie::Movie(const string& title) {
				title_= getTitle();
			}

			Movie::Movie(const string& title, 
			      const string& director, 
			      Movie_Rating rating,
			      unsigned int year,
				  const string& path, const vector<string> & actors) {

				title_ = getTitle();
				director_ = getDirector();
				rating_ = getRating();
				year_ = getYear();
				url_ = getURL();
				actors_ = getActor();

			}
	  	
// ------------------------------------------------------
// ----- Inspectors -------------------------------------
// ------------------------------------------------------
	  	//gets the movie title
		string Movie::getTitle() const {
			return title_;
		}

		//gets the name of the director
		string Movie::getDirector() const {
			return director_;
		}
			
		//gets the rating of the movie
		Movie_Rating Movie::getRating() const {
			return rating_;
		}
			
		//gets the year the movie was released
		unsigned int Movie::getYear() const {
			return year_;
		}
		
		//gets the imdb url of the movie
		string Movie::getURL() const {
			return url_;
		}

		//gets the actors of the movie
		vector<string> Movie::getActor() const {
			return actors_;
		}

// ------------------------------------------------------
// ----- Mutators ---------------------------------------
// ------------------------------------------------------
		//sets the title of the movie
		void Movie::setTitle(const string& title) {
			title_ = title;
		}

		//sets the director of the movie
		void Movie::setDirector(const string& director) {
			director_ = director;
		} 
		
		//sets the rating of the movie
		void Movie::setRating(Movie_Rating rating) {
			rating_ = rating;
		} 
		
		//sets the year the movie is released
		void Movie::setYear(unsigned int year) {
		    year_ = year;
		} 
		
		//sets the imdb url of the movie
		void Movie::setURL(const string& path)  {
			url_ = path;
		}

		//sets the actors of the movie
		void Movie::setActor(const vector<string> & actors) {
			for ( int i = 0; i < actors.size ( ); ++i ) {
				actors_.push_back ( actors[i] );
			}
			actors_ = actors;
		}

		//converts the enum Movie_Rating to string type 
		string Movie::convert_rating(Movie_Rating r){
			switch (r) {
				case PG: 
					return "PG";
					break;
				case R:
					return "R";
					break;
				case G:
					return "G";
					break;
				case PG13:
					return "PG-13";
					break;
				case NC17:
					return "NC-17";
					break;
				case NR:
					return "NR";
					break;
				default:
					cout << "Error in movie_rating() function" << endl;
					exit (1);
			}
		} 
	
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//----- Facilitators ---------------------------------------------------------
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
		
		
		//prints the output of the program

		string Movie::toString ()
		{
			//---------------------------------------------------------------------
			//  The ostringstream type allows output to be directed to
			//  a string in the same style as usually done with a stream.
			//---------------------------------------------------------------------
			vector <string> :: iterator ActorIter;
			ostringstream os;
			os << "Movie: " << title_ << endl 
				<< "Director: " << director_ << endl  
			    << "Year: " << year_ << endl
				<< "Rating: " << convert_rating(rating_) << endl
				<< "IMDB URL: " << url_ << endl
				<< "Actors: ";
			for (ActorIter = actors_.begin(); 
				 ActorIter != actors_.end();
				 ++ActorIter) {
				cout << *ActorIter << endl;
			}

			string s = os.str();
			return s;
		}
tybalttheappleEater (34)
anyone?
Yay295 (431)
The setActor() function takes a vector of strings, but you're trying to call it with just a string.
tybalttheappleEater (34)
how do I call it as a vector of strings and not just a string?

would it be like
myMovie.setActor(myMovie.push_back("Christian Bale"));
Yay295 (431)
change
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void Movie::setActor(const vector<string> & actors)
{
    for ( int i = 0; i < actors.size ( ); ++i )
        actors_.push_back ( actors[i] );

    actors_ = actors;
}

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void Movie::setActor ( const string & actor )
{
        actors_.push_back ( actor );
}

You might want to change the function name to addActor as well.
tybalttheappleEater (34)
Worked like a charm. Thanks very much!
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