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hostboy221
hostboy221

Reputation: 3

Using a vector and string function to return a string?

I want to make a simple function that takes an int as input, makes a vector filled with string elements, then returns a string corresponding to the index of the element.

Everything seems to be fine with the code, no red squiggly lines or anything, but when I compile nothing happens at all.

I've used the push_back() method to fill the vector, so that isn't the problem.

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

races(int a) {
    std::vector<std::string> race = { "Human", "Cyborg", "Android", "Aster","Ool-Rog","Criataz" };
    return race[a];
};

I've run it on a browser coding site and nothing happens, and when I code it in Visual Studio I get an error:

"cannot find class to resolve delegate string"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 554

Answers (1)

Lucifer Morningstar
Lucifer Morningstar

Reputation: 305

as per comments by genpfault and Remy Lebeau, here is a working code sample:

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>

std::string races(int a) {
    std::vector<std::string> race = { "Human", "Cyborg", "Android", "Aster","Ool-Rog","Criataz" };
    return race[a]; // or race.at(a);
};

int main () {
    std::cout << "Race with index: " << 2 << " is: " << races(2) << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Example compilation and execution, with results on MAC OSX with C++ 14 installed, in Terminal utilities app:

$ /usr/local/bin/c++-9 races.cpp -o races
$ ./races
Race with index: 2 is: Android

Keep on coding!

Upvotes: 3

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