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[EvolutionXEngine]

Hello my name is Erick and I've seen your youtube videos for the longest. Before i saw the videos i knew i was interested in video game design and development. I want to learn C++ and hopefully one day make a game engine! I bought a C++ book and im in like page 120 of 900 and everything was fine until when i wrote something like:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main();
{
Int hello;
cout <<"What is your name?";
cin >>hello;
cout <<"Hello " << hello <<" how was your day?" << endl;

system("pause");
return 0;
}

BEFORE everything worked fine but now in the output i would get something like this:

What is your name?
Hello 109992038 how was your day?

I GOT THOSE NUMBERS !
i have dev C++ (Bloodshed)
Please help and sorry if it was to long!

[Ginto8]

Solution: use a string.

example:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string hello;
    cout <<"What is your name?";
    cin >>hello;
    cout <<"Hello " << hello <<" how was your day?" << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

this will fix it. Also you had a ';' at the end of the int main() line, so I removed it.

[MarauderIIC]

If ginto's solution doesn't work as-is, you'll need to "#include <string>" above or below "#include <iostream>"

The reason for your error is because variables of type "int" store numbers, not letters. Strings can store both, but you can't do math with strings, as it treats numbers in a string as letters, not as numbers you can do math with.

[EvolutionXEngine]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! YEAH IT DID WORK!

NOW I READ!

[turb1ne]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! YEAH IT DID WORK!

NOW I READ!

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[dandymcgee]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! YEAH IT DID WORK!

NOW I READ!

caps lock = cruise control for awesome

it's true.

Error: Invalid Logic.

[Ginto8]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! YEAH IT DID WORK!

NOW I READ!

caps lock = cruise control for awesome

it's true.

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

[eatcomics]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! YEAH IT DID WORK!

NOW I READ!

caps lock = cruise control for awesome

it's true.

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

RAWFULL!!!!!!!

[EvolutionXEngine]

haha lol

string stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, what's your name?";
cin >> stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, my name is " << stupidity << " What is your name?";

system("pause");
return 0;
}

lol man this C++ book is hard!

[dandymcgee]

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

No fair you out C++'d me.

[Ginto8]

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

No fair you out C++'d me.

haha lol

string stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, what's your name?";
cin >> stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, my name is " << stupidity << " What is your name?";

system("pause");
return 0;
}

lol man this C++ book is hard!

You kinda missed my point. You'll have to wait until you get to operator overloading to understand.

[eatcomics]

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

No fair you out C++'d me.

haha lol

string stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, what's your name?";
cin >> stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, my name is " << stupidity << " What is your name?";

system("pause");
return 0;
}

lol man this C++ book is hard!

You kinda missed my point. You'll have to wait until you get to operator overloading to understand.

Pfft, noobs

[Ginto8]

ERROR: Stupidity::operator=(awesomeness) not found

No fair you out C++'d me.

haha lol

string stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, what's your name?";
cin >> stupidity;
cout << "C'mon guys im just a noob, my name is " << stupidity << " What is your name?";

system("pause");
return 0;
}

lol man this C++ book is hard!

You kinda missed my point. You'll have to wait until you get to operator overloading to understand.

Pfft, noobs

not noobs, newbs.

They're just new to this stuff, they're not the kind of person that is so annoying that they really piss you off.

[MarauderIIC]

Split from the 'Into to programming' sticky.

[dandymcgee]

Split from the 'Into to programming' sticky.

You missed one of my more useless posts towards the end