Requesting help with my homework problem.
error: conversion from 'std::string*' to non-scalar type 'std::string' requested
The lines with the error are under the comments.
Thanks.
#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
typedef string* stringPtr;
string* addEntry(string *dynamicArray, int &size, string newEntry);
string* deleteEntry(string *dynamicArray, int &size, string entryToDelete);
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
stringPtr dynamicArray, name;
int array_size = 5, add_delete;
dynamicArray = new string[array_size];
name = new string;
/*
createDefaultNames(dynamicArray, array_size);
intro();
print(dynamicArray, array_size);
receiveInput(name);
add_delete = searchArray(dynamicArray, name, array_size);
*/
if (add_delete == 1)
//error points to line right under
dynamicArray = addEntry(dynamicArray, array_size, name);
else //add_delete == 0
//same error to line under this too
dynamicArray = deleteEntry(dynamicArray, array_size, name);
print(dynamicArray, array_size);
delete [] dynamicArray;
delete name;
return a.exec();
}
string *addEntry(string *dynamicArray, int &size, string newEntry)
{
size++;
stringPtr tempArray;
tempArray = new stringPtr[size];
for(int i = 0; i < (size - 1); i++)
{
tempArray[i] = dynamicArray[i];
}
tempArray[size] = newEntry;
delete [] dynamicArray;
dynamicArray = new stringPtr[size];
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
dynamicArray[i] = tempArray[i];
}
return dynamicArray;
}
string* deleteEntry(string *dynamicArray, int &size, string entryToDelete)
{
size--;
stringPtr tempArray;
tempArray = new stringPtr[size];
for(int i = 0; i < (size - 1); i++)
{
tempArray[i] = dynamicArray[i];
}
delete [] dynamicArray;
dynamicArray = new stringPtr[size];
for(int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
dynamicArray[i] = tempArray[i];
}
return dynamicArray;
}