DaWei

Well, you can take blood from the contributor by shooting his ass, as well as with a needle. I wonder why the Red Cross doesn't do it that way...it's easier.

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nnxion

Splinter you are missing the point, he clearly said:
He just wants to know how the intented process works. Grumpy helped him out with that in post #3.

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splinter9x

Sorry I was just showing him that there is simpler ways to get what you want in your code...

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jayme

You're missing the point. He obviously knows how to output a simple string. He is trying to take small steps into the world of C++, that's why he's using the variables for such simple tasks. What I understand from what you say is that if you were to make an rpg, you would simply guess the character name that the mass amount of players will be using, instead of simply allowing input from the user as to what his players name shall be.

EDIT: You should really try to be more open when dealing with other people's knowledge of C++. People have different ways of doing things. Some like to take the easy road, some like a challenge.

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splinter9x

Ok then...

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grumpy

Sigh, splinter.

The actual problem of concern had nothing to do with finding a simple way to print "Mr. John A Smith kicks ass!". We all know how to do that, and don't need to be told how.

Answering questions and helping people rarely means taking their code snippets and boiling then down to a single output statement. More usually, as in this case, it requires interpreting their question and code and explaining the behaviour they are encountering. That was needed here, and you didn't do it, so your response was unhelpful.

The original question could have been written as this ....

Why does the following code snippet print a lower case 'a' rather than an upper case 'A'?

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#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
    std::string x;
    x = 'A' + ' ';
    std::cout << x << '\n';
}

#include <string> #include <iostream> int main() { std::string x; x = 'A' + ' '; std::cout << x << '\n'; }

Why didn't aron_h ask that question? Simple. Because he had a problem that he didn't fully understand, so didn't know that his problem could have been boiled down that way. Few people ask a question when they know the actual answer. Which requires people to interpret the question and work out what the real problem is.

Telling him (as you have effectively done) that he should have done this
is pointless. It does not address the real problem. Very few people need to be told how to print the letter A, and the OP is clearly not among them.

There is no need to tell people how to suck eggs. If you keep failing to understand that, you will remain unhelpful.

aron_h

thanks for the help, i understand what i did wrong now.

as for splinter, i understand where you're coming from, but i don't really care about the message that's being output, i just needed practice with variables and such, which is why i did it that way. i fully understand that i could have just as quickly written cout << "Mr. John A Smith kicks ass";

oh and i'll be sure to remember to use code tags next time.

aron_h

splinter9x

Ok sorry for all the trouble I coused or whatever. I just thought you were trying to go about something not knowing that there was an easier way, my bad.

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aron_h

not a problem, it's logical to think that.