/*---------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Contract: main: void -> int

  Purpose: playing with C strings and the standard string class

  Examples: demo, so not really applicable

  By: Sharon M. Tuttle
  last modified: 12-7-05
  -----------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    const int MAX_LENGTH = 10;
    string name;                     // a standard string class variable
    char another_name[MAX_LENGTH];   // a "C string" variable

    // show that cin works with standard strings
    cout << "type in a name: ";
    cin >> name;

    // show that cin works the "C string"'s
    cout << "type in another name: ";
    cin >> another_name;

    // ...and cout does, too
    cout << "the names typed in: "
         << name << " and " << another_name << endl;

    // can you assign a "C string" variable to a standard string
    //    variable?
    name = another_name;

    cout << "name is now: " << name << endl;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}