make a std::string from a char. For example, won't compile,
#include <string>
int main()
{
char c = 'a';
std::string s(c);
return 0;
}
in g++, i get this much error,
foo.cpp: In function 'int main()':
foo.cpp:6:20: error: no matching function for call to 'std::__cxx11::basic_strin
g<char>::basic_string(char&)'
std::string s(c);
^
In file included from i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/in
clude/c++/string:52:0,
from foo.cpp:1:
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:535:9: note: candidate: template<class _InputIterator> std::__cxx11::bas
ic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::basic_string(_InputIterator, _InputIterator,
const _Alloc&)
basic_string(_InputIterator __beg, _InputIterator __end,
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:535:9: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:
foo.cpp:6:20: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
std::string s(c);
^
In file included from i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/in
clude/c++/string:52:0,
from foo.cpp:1:
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:465:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type
, _CharT, const _Alloc&) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>;
_Alloc = std::allocator<char>; std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Allo
c>::size_type = unsigned int]
basic_string(size_type __n, _CharT __c, const _Alloc& __a = _Alloc())
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:465:7: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:455:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const _CharT*, const _Alloc&) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = s
td::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>] <near match>
basic_string(const _CharT* __s, const _Alloc& __a = _Alloc())
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:455:7: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
foo.cpp:6:20: error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const char*' [-fpermissi
ve]
std::string s(c);
^
In file included from i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/in
clude/c++/string:52:0,
from foo.cpp:1:
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:445:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const _CharT*, std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Al
loc>::size_type, const _Alloc&) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<
char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits
, _Alloc>::size_type = unsigned int]
basic_string(const _CharT* __s, size_type __n,
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:445:7: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:427:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>&, st
d::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type, std::__cxx11::basi
c_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type, const _Alloc&) [with _CharT = char
; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; std::__cxx11:
:basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type = unsigned int]
basic_string(const basic_string& __str, size_type __pos,
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:427:7: note: candidate expects 4 arguments, 1 provided
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:411:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>&, st
d::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type, std::__cxx11::basi
c_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std
::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; std::__cxx11::basic_string<_
CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type = unsigned int]
basic_string(const basic_string& __str, size_type __pos,
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:411:7: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:399:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>&) [w
ith _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<cha
r>]
basic_string(const basic_string& __str)
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:399:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'char' to 'const
std::__cxx11::basic_string<char>&'
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:391:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string(const _Alloc&) [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits
<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]
basic_string(const _Alloc& __a)
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:391:7: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from 'char' to 'const
std::allocator<char>&'
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:380:7: note: candidate: std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _All
oc>::basic_string() [with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Allo
c = std::allocator<char>]
basic_string()
^
i:/Qtandroid/Qt5.7.0/Tools/mingw530_32/i686-w64-mingw32/include/c++/bits/basic_s
tring.h:380:7: note: candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
is there a justification for this constructor missing.
this works but feels wrong,
#include <string>
int main()
{
char c = 'a';
std::string s;
s += c;
return 0;
}
any advice, thanks.
答案 0 :(得分：5)
std::string has no constructor from a single char. You can see all available constructors here.
From the other side operator+= is overloaded for a single char.
As it is already mentioned, you can use the constructor:
basic_string( size_type count,
CharT ch,
const Allocator& alloc = Allocator() );
to create an std::string from a single char, like:
std::string s(1, 'a');
答案 1 :(得分：5)
A string is not a char, so I don't know why you would expect one to be convertible to the other. The former is a collection of the latter. Indeed, the justification is in the reverse direction - you would need justification for such a constructor to exist and there really isn't one. Having an implicit conversion from char to string would be very, very odd.
If you want a collection of a single element, there are constructors for that:
std::string s1(1, c); // (2) create a string composed of 1 repeated character c
std::string s2{c}; // (9) create a string based on this sequence of chars
答案 2 :(得分：5)
Here you go:
string const s{ 'A' };
The rumours that this is not supported, are exaggerations.
Technically this uses the initializer_list constructor.
答案 3 :(得分：4)
Yes, it is a bit odd that there is no single-character constructor, but there is a single-character operator+=.
You can use the constructor that accepts a character pointer and a copy count:
std::string s(&c, 1);
Or the constructor that accepts a single character and a repeat count:
std::string s(1, c);
Or, in C++11 and later, the constructor that accepts a std::initialization_list:
std::string s{c};
or
std::string s = {c};