C++ newb :D

Hi im like just learning C++ and i decided to take a big leap by going from knowing how to use cout to making command line parameters.

So i tried this..

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>

/*  int Add (char x,char y)
	{
	 		return(x+y);
}

*/

int main(int argc, int argv[])

{
 	
 	using std::cout;
 	using std::endl;
 	
    cout << argv[0]+argv[1] << endl;
}

And yes, the commented part was going to be a function but i couldnt get it to work so i just commented it for later experimentation. So when i run this by typing in "adder.exe 1 2"
i get an output of "8013972". can someone tell me what im doing wrong?
its probably something stupid that i missed.

 

anyone wanna help me :3

 

Can't test this at the moment, but try:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

int cstringToInt(const char* s) {
    istringstream str(s);
    int i;
    str >> i;
    return i;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    if (argc != 3) {
        cout << "Usage: this.exe int1 int2" << endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    cout << cstringToInt(argv[1]) + cstringToInt(argv[2]) << endl;
}

 

it works.

but can you explain to me how to turn cmd line parameters into integers (so they can be added n stuff)?

 

char* argv[] represents an array of C-style strings

If you run:
test.exe 1 2

argv[0] will be "test.exe".
argv[1] will be "1".
argv[2] will be "2".

argc represents the size of the array. In this case, it's 3.

So, to add 1 + 2, you need to convert "1" to 1 and "2" to 2. cstringToInt is one way to do that.

cstringToInt uses istringstream to do the conversion. You start off by contructing the stream to have a value of the C-style string you're passing to the cstringToInt (argv[1] and argv[2] in this case). Then, you create an int and do str >> i to grab the input from the string and dump it to the int. When you do this, it knows how to handle the conversion (in basically the same way cin >> i does).

However, instead of cstringToInt, you can use atoi(argv[1]) and atoi(argv[2]) if you want. They do about the same thing. See http://www.cppreference.com/stdstring/atoi.html

 

Your avatar is quite distracting. Can you decrease the flashing?

 

hmm. would you rather have it be text color RGB 0,0,0 and background color Hex 000000?

 

You don't have to do that, you could make the text #FFFFFF.

 

Good one! No, 666 does not scare me because I know where it comes from.

 

i didnt ask if it scared you and im sorry but i dont care