Question

Is there any C++ container that can store 2 (or more) types of values, such as ints and chars? I want to make a blackjack game. The deck has to consist of both ints and chars. I don’t want to initialize it with just numbers (so don’t say anything about that!). I am a very beginner programmer, so don’t make it too complicated.

Answer 1

Since you’re a beginner, just use the basic stuff: a struct.

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

struct MyStruct{
  char cval;
  int ival;
};

int main(){
  using namespace std;

  vector<MyStruct> myvec;
  MyStruct values;

  values.cval = 'S';
  values.ival = 42;
  myvec.push_back(values);

  values.cval = 'A';
  values.ival = 1337;
  myvec.push_back(values);

  values.cval = 'X';
  values.ival = 314159;
  myvec.push_back(values);

  for(int i=0; i < myvec.size(); ++i)
    cout << "myvec[" << i << "], cval: " << myvec[i].cval << ", ival: " << myvec[i].ival << "\n";
}

Output:

myvec[0], cval: S, ival: 42  
myvec[1], cval: A, ival: 1337  
myvec[2], cval: X, ival: 314159  

You can see the output live on Ideone.