It seems that you are mixing up C-Strings with std::string. Std::string is an object and you need an iterator to "walk" through it: // compile with: g++ -W -Wall -g -o std_string stdstring.cpp #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int main(void) { string s1("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"); std::string::const_iterator iter = s1.begin(); for( ; iter != s1.end(); ++iter ) { cout << *iter << " " << int(*iter) << endl; } return 0; } A C-String is a pointer to the beginning of an 0 terminated array of chars. If you want to do the same with an C-String you would have to use this code: // compile with: g++ -W -Wall -g -o c_string cstring.cpp #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main(void) { char * s1 = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; for( ; *s1 != 0x00; ++s1 ) { cout << *s1 << " " << int(*s1) << endl; } return 0; } Both of this programms give you the following output: > ./c_string 0 48 1 49 2 50 3 51 4 52 5 53 6 54 7 55 8 56 9 57 a 97 b 98 c 99 d 100 e 101 f 102 g 103 h 104 i 105 j 106 k 107 l 108 m 109 n 110 o 111 p 112 q 113 r 114 s 115 t 116 u 117 v 118 w 119 x 120 y 121 z 122 Hope this helps, Arno > Hi, > I have a short code hope to print the character of a string one by one. but > there are some errors. > > if I declare srting s1, is s1 a pointer? are there some difference between C > and C++? > #include <iostream> > #include <string> > > using namespace std; > > int main(){ > > string s1("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"); > for(s1; s1!=NULL; ++s1) > cout <<*s1<<" " <<int(*s1)<<" "; > > return 0; > > } > printc.cpp: In function `int main()': > printc.cpp:9: error: no match for `std::string& != long int' operator > printc.cpp:9: error: no match for `++ std::string&' operator > printc.cpp:10: error: no match for `* std::string&' operator > printc.cpp:10: error: no match for `* std::string&' operator > printc.cpp:9: warning: statement with no effect > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- Arno Wilhelm <arno.wilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> proFILE Computersysteme GmbH