invalid conversion from 'char*' to 'char'

Question

I\'m getting the error in the title. It\'s pointing to the line where the for-loop is declared. Any ideas on what is happening?

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Answer 1

That's a common error with multiple comma separated pointer variable declarations. Change your for loop header as follows:

for (T *i(arr+1), *j(arr+n); i != j; ++i) {
               // ^ Note the additional asterisk!
}

See the fixed and working sample here.

Answer 2

In the line:

for (T* i(arr+1), j(arr+n); i != j; ++i)

Only the i is declared as pointer to T, j is declared as an instance of T. The correct declaration is:

for (T* i(arr+1),* j(arr+n); i != j; ++i)

And by the way, you should add include for strlen:

#include <cstring>