I get the following error when I try to compile this code. Can anyone help me make sense of this error?
I have tried defining keystroke as a string and a char, I get the error either way.
1>------ Build started: Project: Register, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>Register.cpp
1>i:\c++\register\register\register.cpp(121) : error C2446: '!=' : no conversion from 'const char *' to 'int'
1> There is no context in which this conversion is possible
1>i:\c++\register\register\register.cpp(121) : error C2040: '!=' : 'int' differs in levels of indirection from 'const char [2]'
1>i:\c++\register\register\register.cpp(126) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'std::string' to 'char'
1> No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called
1>Build log was saved at "file://i:\c++\Register\Register\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>Register - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
/* Program Name:Register.cpp
Description:
Name:Scott Streit Class No.: 4467
Date:11/14/09 VisualC++
*/
//********************************** Includes
#include <cfloat>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cmath>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <sstream>
#define cls system("cls")
#define frz system("pause");
#define yl system("color 0e");
using namespace std;
//********************************** Type definitions
struct cashregister
{
string key;
string item;
double price;
};//end structure
ifstream inputfile ("i:\\c++\\food.txt");
ofstream print ("i:\\c++\\register.txt");
//********************************** Function Prototypes
void initalize(cashregister menu[26], cashregister order[26]);
void checkdatafile();
void getdata(cashregister menu[26]);
void takeorder(cashregister menu[26], cashregister order[26]);
void math();
void displayorder();
void printtofile();
//********************************** Main Function
int main()
{
time_t t;
time(&t);
yl;
cls;
cashregister menu[26];
cashregister order[26];
//function calls
initalize(menu, order);
checkdatafile();
getdata(menu);
takeorder(menu, order);
math();
displayorder();
printtofile();
frz;
return 0;
} // end of main function
//********************************** Function Definitions
void initalize(cashregister menu[26], cashregister order[26])
{
int i;
for(i=0; i<26; i++)
{
menu[i].key="";
menu[i].item="";
menu[i].price=0.0;
}
}// end initialize
void checkdatafile()
{
if(!inputfile)
{
cout<<"Error opening data file\n";
frz;
exit(1);
}//end if
}//end checkdatafile
void getdata(cashregister menu[26])
{
for(int i=0; i<26; i++)
{
getline(inputfile, menu[i].key);
getline(inputfile, menu[i].item);
inputfile>>menu[i].price;
inputfile.ignore(80,'\n');
} // end for
inputfile.close();
//for (int i=0;i<26;i++)
//{
// cout<<menu[i].key<<"\t"<<menu[i].item<<"\t"<<menu[i].price<<"\n";
//}//end temporary display item
} // getdata
void takeorder(cashregister menu[26], cashregister order[26])
{
string phrase;
char keystroke;
int count=0;
phrase="Welcome to Streit's Burger Stop";
cout<<setw((phrase.length()/2)+40)<<phrase<<"\n";
cout<<"\nPlease begin entering your order.\n";
while ((keystroke=getch())!="=")
{
count++;
cin>>keystroke;
for (int i=0;i<26;i++)
if (keystroke=menu[i].key)
{
menu[i].item=order[count].item;
menu[i].price=order[count].price;
}//end if
}//end while
}//end takeorder
void math()
{
cout<<"at math\n";
}//end math
void displayorder()
{
cout<<"at displayorder\n";
}//end display order
void printtofile()
{
cout<<"at printtofile\n";
}//end printtofile
