storing int and string in a vector

[BashmentGirl]

Can anyone give me a suggestion on how to store string and int in the same vector, if possible?

 

[chipperMDW]

A 3-part article on discriminated unions in C++.

http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=7984/cujcexp2004alexandr/

http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=7982/cujcexp2006alexandr/

http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=7980/cujcexp2008alexandr/

Simpler approach: Just use a struct containing a string and an int, and a member that tells which one is "in use." Or, just store everything as a string and parse the ints out of it.

 

[Cagliostro]

you could store both,

union xxx
{
int x;
char* y;
}

...
vector<xxx>....

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[chipperMDW]

With the union, you still have to know which one is &quot;in use.&quot; So you'd still need that union within a struct, which has another member telling which one is in use.

And the union solution only works if you're using a char*. If you're using a string object (Standard or otherwise), it won't.