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Jon S
Jon S

Reputation: 13

How do I fix a "No instance of overloaded function" error with cin.getline?

string add_text()
{
    const int string_size(30);
    string add_string;
    cin.getline (add_string,string_size,'\n');
    return add_string;
}

When I compile the program with the function above, I get an error. Note that I am using using namespace std; earlier in the program. If it helps I am using Code Blocks and have also tried compiling the program using the Visual Studio 11 Professional Beta.

The Error:

C:\Users\Jonathan\Documents\Code_Blocks\test_12\main.cpp|32|error: no matching function for call to 'std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> ::getline(std::string&, const int&, char)'|

Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 10632

Answers (4)

Useless
Useless

Reputation: 67713

You're calling std::istream::getline(char *, streamsize) - you can see it requires a char * instead of the std::string you're passing.

Use std::getline(std::istream&, std::string&, char) instead, like so:

getline(cin, add_string, '\n');

Upvotes: 3

Ed Swangren
Ed Swangren

Reputation: 124632

cin.getline is a member function. As such, it is not overloaded to account for every possible type in existence. So, developers overload the global version (i.e., std::getline).

Upvotes: 0

Griwes
Griwes

Reputation: 9031

Don't use member .getline()s, but global std::getline().

Member .getline()s can only use char * as buffer, while std::getline() can use std::string.

Upvotes: 0

Luchian Grigore
Luchian Grigore

Reputation: 258548

istream::getline doesn't take a std::string as parameter, but a char*. You can fix it by calling the function correctly.

So, provided you know the max size of the line:

char buff[256]; //or whatever length
cin.getline (buff,string_size,'\n');
string add_string(buff);

Upvotes: 0

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