C++ String Length problems -

so im practicing stl string class, can not figure out why string->length function won't come correct answer of 5, , 2 (no matter actual length). here's program i'm trying run thinks there 2 items between ->begin , ->end:

void testfunc(string _string[]) {       int _offset = 0;       string::const_iterator i;       (i = _string->begin(); != _string->end(); i++)       {            cout << _offset << "\t";            cout << _string[_offset] << endl;            _offset ++;       } };  int main() {      string hello[] = {"hi", "holla", "eyo", "whatsup", "hello"};       testfunc(hello);       char response;      cin >> response;      return 0; } 

the output is:

0     hi 1     holla   

thanks! =)

you're iterating through first string, "hi" - has 2 characters, see 2 entries.

if want go stl, you'd need vector instead of c-style array (i.e. vector<string>, , use iterator on that.

if don't want stl:

    void testfunc(string *strings, int stringcount)     {         int _offset = 0;          while (stringcount--)         {             cout << _offset << "\t";             cout << _strings[_offset] << endl;             _offset ++;         }     };  int main() {     string hello[] = {"hi", "holla", "eyo", "whatsup", "hello"};      testfunc(hello, sizeof(hello) / sizeof(hello[0]));      char response;     cin >> response;     return 0; }