how to print a string to console in c++
All you have to do is add:
#include <string>
using namespace std;
at the top. (BTW I know this was posted in 2013 but I just wanted to answer)
you need to include the needed headers first which are:
1- #include<iostream>
, so that you can read and write.
2- #include<string>
, so that you can use (string) class.
3- using namespace std
or
you can just write
std::cout
yes it's possible to print a string to the console.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
string strMytestString("hello world");
cout << strMytestString;
return 0;
}
stdafx.h isn't pertinent to the solution, everything else is.
"Visual Studio does not support std::cout as debug tool for non-console applications"
- from Marius Amado-Alves' answer to "How can I see cout output in a non-console application?"
Which means if you use it, Visual Studio shows nothing in the "output" window (in my case VS2008)