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I have to write a program in which integer value is entered from user and the string has to be displayed that many times. But I am getting errors.
#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int N;
cout << "Enter N: ";
cin >> N;
cout << string(N, "Well Done");
return 0;
}
Note: I am not permitted to use a loop in this assignment.

Answer 1

If you may not use a loop, you may use goto to get around the restriction:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int N;
cout << "Enter N: ";
cin >> N;
{
int i = 0;
goto test;
begin:
cout << "Well Done";
++i;
test:
if (i < N)
goto begin;
}
return 0;
}
Note that goto is widely considered bad practice.

Answer 2

EDIT2: IN THE ORIGINAL ASKER's COMMENTS, LOOPS OF ANY KIND ARE PROHIBITED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT.
Use recursion.
void printN(int n, string s) {
if (n <= 0) return;
cout << s << endl;
printN(n-1, s);
}
Then you can call this from your main program as follows:
printN(userInput, "Hi my name is ricky bobby");
EDIT: just saw you haven't learned recursion yet. Look up this term, and familiarize yourself with it. This is a way to do iteration without looping (this is the most simplistic way I can describe it)

Answer 3

std::string does not have a constructor that repeats a string N times (it does have one for repeating a single character N times, though). What you need is a loop instead, eg:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int N;
cout << "Enter N: ";
cin >> N;
for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
cout << "Well Done";
return 0;
}