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Stuck at a ERROR pls help beginner programmer

my compiler is telling me it cant convert a std: string to char assignment. here is my code

Code:

 

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;



int main ()

{

    double rainFalls [12];

    string monthNames[] = {"January", "Febuary", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"};

    double avg = 0;

    double total = 0;

    double maxRain = 0;

    string highestMonth;

    double minRain = 0;

    string lowestMonth;



    //start entering inputs



    cout << "Please enter the amount of rainfall for each month in inches: " << endl;

    // test for positive integers

    for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)

    {

        cout << monthNames [i] << ":";

        cin>> rainFalls[i];

// total= total + rainFalls[i];

            while (rainFalls[i] < 0)

            {

                cout << "ERROR. Please enter positive numbers" << endl;

                cout << monthNames[i] <<":";

                cin>> rainFalls[i];

            }

    }



    //CALCULATIONS AND MATH

    for (int i =0; i < 12; i++)

    {

      total= total + rainFalls[i];

    }

        avg= total/12;

        maxRain= rainFalls[0];//set to first number entered to array

        minRain= rainFalls[0];

    for (int i =0; i < 12; i++)

    {

        if (rainFalls[i] > maxRain)

        {

            highestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

            maxRain= rainFalls[i];



        }

        if (rainFalls[i] < minRain)

        {

            lowestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

            minRain= rainFalls[i];



        }

    }

highestMonth and lowestMonth are single strings not arrays. That is the way you declared them (and I think you intended that).

However, in the body of the code you put

Code:

highestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

...

lowestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

which is an error.

your compiler also should tell you the line number and source file, not only the error message. Please post full error messages, not only parts....

Quote:

Originally Posted by psionl0 (Post 5447931)

highestMonth and lowestMonth are single strings not arrays. That is the way you declared them (and I think you intended that).

However, in the body of the code you put

Code:

highestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

...

lowestMonth[i]= monthNames[i];

which is an error.

psion is correct and the actual change is that you just need to get rid of the [i] on the left hand side of those:

Code:

highestMonth = monthNames[i];

...

lowestMonth = monthNames[i];