How to append a char to a std::string?

Question

The following fails with the error prog.cpp:5:13: error: invalid conversion from ‘char’ to ‘const char*’

int main()
{
  char d = \'d\';
  std::s         


        

Answer 1

I found a simple way... I needed to tack a char on to a string that was being built on the fly. I needed a char list; because I was giving the user a choice and using that choice in a switch() statement.

I simply added another std::string Slist; and set the new string equal to the character, "list" - a, b, c or whatever the end user chooses like this:

char list;
std::string cmd, state[], Slist;
Slist = list; //set this string to the chosen char;
cmd = Slist + state[x] + "whatever";
system(cmd.c_str());

Complexity may be cool but simplicity is cooler. IMHO