put std string into array

Hello. I need your help on placing std strings into array.

I used the following in declaring array of string but none of them seem to work. I have 10 std strings and I want to put them in an array.

Code:

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string mystringcollection[10]; //I don't know which of the following
char *mystringcollection[10]; //is the correct declaration

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Also how do I go back, or read in a part in file after the while statement below. Because when I try to read in a line after the while statement, it doesn't read in anything ( I think it has already reached the end of file) but I need to get access to that part of the file.

Code:

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        while (getline(infile,line)) { //get next line of input file
        //search for something in file and do something
}
//go back to next part of file
getline(infile, line); outfile<<line; //outputs nothing

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Thanks in advance for your suggestion/help.

Why do you want to put your std::strings into an array? Why not use one of the STL container classes? Anyway, declaration number one will probably do the trick:

Code:

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    std::string ar[2];       
    ar[1] = "Hello";

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Thanks sbrothy for your help. I decided to put my strings into a vector.

Anyway I got stuck in another problem in my code. I need to construct a loop that does something until program finds "loc" character. Here's the code.

Code:

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getline(infile,line);
int i=0;
string::size_type locpos = line.find(loc[i]); //search for "loc" string in line
while () { //do this until find character "loc"               
        int i=0;
        string::size_type calpos = line.find(cal[i]); /look for "cal" string in line       
        if(calpos != std::string::npos) {
                string calext(".CAL");
                string calfile = line.substr(0, calpos)+calext; //add .cal to string filename
                calvec.push_back(calfile); //the part where I store strings inside vector
        }
}

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I figured it out. To those who may encounter the same problem

Code:

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string::size_type locpos;
        do {
//do something
        }while (locpos == std::string::npos);

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