Question

How do you declare a vector in c++ while allowing user input to define the vector’s name?
Okay, after reviewing your responses, here is more detail; Here is the error message from VS08 C++ console application –

Error 2 error C2664: 'std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits> &std::basic_istream<_Elem,_Traits>::get(_Elem *,std::streamsize)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'std::istream' to 'char *' e:\c++\project 5\project 5\project 5.cpp 58 project 5

Here is the code:

void addRecord()
{
     vector<char>recordName;
     vector<inventory>recordNameUser;
     cout << "Name the record you want to store it as\n";
     cin.get(cin, recordName);
     cout << "Enter the item description\n";
     cin.get(cin, recordNameUser.itemDescription);
     cout << "Enter the quanity on hand\n";
     cin >> recordNameUser.quanityOnHand;
     cout << "Enter the wholesale cost\n";
     cin >> recordNameUser.wholesaleCost;
     cout << "Enter the retail cost\n";
     cin >> recordNameUser.retailCost;
     cout << "Enter the date of the inventory (mm/dd/yyyy)\n";
     cin >> recordNameUser.inventoryDate;
}

Answer 1

You want to have users give you a name and to be able to associate that with a vector of things? That’s what a std::map is for, with a std::string as the key type and a std::vector as the payload type.