TString question

Nick van Eijndhoven (Nick@phys.uu.nl)
Fri, 29 May 1998 18:00:28 +0200


Dear ROOTers,
I have a class derived from TObject and with ClassDef() and
ClassImp() to have the automatic ROOT I/O generated.
However, in the private area of that class I need to store
a char* data member.
This gives problems in the automatic streamer generation, so
I replaced the char* by TString* and in some member function
I initialise via

s=new TString("test");

However, when compiling my class it turns out that there is
in the dictionary NO 'binary >>' defined which can handle a
TString* object on the right hand side.
This results in a compilation error (using msvc++ on win95
with ROOT 2.00/07) and so I can't create my DLL.

So I guess replacing TString* by TString in the private area
in my class will do the job.
Now my question is : Does there exist some TString member function
with which I can put some chararcter string into the object ?
(i.e. the reverse of TString::Data())
What I need is :

private : // the private area of my class
TString s;

and then in the code of my member function :

s.Enter("test"); // To enter the string "test" into s

So far I could not find such a funtionality in the docs, so
as usual any good advice is very welcome.

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Cheers,

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