problem with string input

[Tsubasa]

Hi
I've just started programming in C++ today and I'm already encounting a problem. Well when trying to create a simple program to reading a string a output it, there's a lot of errors. Here is my program:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout<<"what is your name?"<<endl;
                string first;
	cin >> first;
	cout<<"hi,  "<< first;
	return 0;
	
}

well after compiling it says that std , first and string are undefined indentifirers. Why is it telling me that???
can anyone help me.

[dapech69]

Drop the .h off of your includes. Most of the header files with the .h extension are the old C libraries and not the new C++ libraries.

[Tsubasa]

but if I drop the .h they the compiler will say:
Fatal error cannot open input file iostream and string. So what should I do?

[laserlight]

You tried this code, right?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	cout<<"what is your name?"<<endl;
    string first;
	cin >> first;
	cout<<"hi,  "<< first;
	return 0;
}

If the above doesnt work, then either you're doing something wrong (e.g. not using a project or some equivalent if the development environment requires one), or you should get a newer compiler.

[Tsubasa]

what compiler do you recommend?

[laserlight]

Any that is reasonably standards compliant. For free ones I can name G++ (from GCC, could be MinGW port) and MSVC8 (from Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express).

Of course, there's still the possibility that you've just overlooked something, and fixing that is better/easier than getting a new compiler/IDE.

[Tsubasa]

ok thanks for the tips!!! I'll try to see if i've over looked something.