How can I put the ; in a string?

How can I put the ; in a string?

Code:

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std::string myStr = "This is my string";
myStr.insert(2, ';');

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This inserts a ';' in the second position (in place of the 'i' in "This"). The CString class has a similar function (called, "Insert").

Viggy

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dave18285

How can I put the ; in a string?

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Code:

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CString str = ";";

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Code:

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temptext.Replace(_T("&"), _T('&'));

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why do I get
ObitText.cpp(187) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before ';'

The ';' is not a special character in strings (like '\' is). So, that's not your problem. I think the problem might be the single quotes around the second parameter (the "_T('&')"). Whatever the _T macro expands to, it's not expecting a single character? I don't use UNICODE, so I tend to not use these macros.

Viggy

Code:

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temptext.Replace(_T("&"), _T("&"));

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is correct.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MrViggy

Whatever the _T macro expands to, it's not expecting a single character? I don't use UNICODE, so I tend to not use these macros.

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Just for future reference, _T prepends an L to a string literal if _UNICODE is defined, to indicate that the string should be interpreted as Unicode, and does nothing if _UNICODE is not defined. So assuming he's not working in Unicode:

temptext.Replace(_T("&"), _T('&'));

is equivalent to:

temptext.Replace("&", '&');

So the problem is as Siddhartha pointed out; he was trying to use a character where a string was expected.

yea, changing from single to double quotes worked. thanks for the help