char el[3] = myvector[1].c_str();
myvector[i] is a string with three letters in. Why does this error?
char el[3] = myvector[1].c_str(); myvector[i] is a string with three letters in. Why does
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char el[3] = myvector[1].c_str();
myvector[i] is a string with three letters in. Why does this error?
It returns type char* which is a pointer to a string. You can’t assign this directly to an array like that, as that array already has memory assigned to it. Try:
But very careful if the string itself is destroyed or changed as the pointer will no longer be valid.