Question

c++ question-

so I have an arraylist header with a pointer

Student * list;

(i have class Student in another header file) and I am trying to do a seqSearch function with a string parameter.

int studentList::seqSearchName(string n) const{}

theres a part in the function:

if (list[loc] == n) ... etc

and I am getting an error

“no operator “==“ matches these operands operand types are: Student == std::string “

how would I be able to compare the class Student pointer to a string ?

int StudentList::seqSearchName(string n) const
{
   int loc;
   bool found = false;
   for(loc=0; loc < length; loc++)
       if(list[loc] == n)
       {
           found = true;
           break;
          
       }

if (found) {

return loc;

}

else return -1;
}

Answer 1

list[loc] means a student object, So you are trying to compare a student object with a string n, which is why you are getting the error..
Rather you should have a method in student class, which gives you the name of student in string format and then you should compare that name with string n.
So if student class contains method getStudentName() then code should be like below:

if(list[loc].getStudentName() == n)