Whats the error in it. string assignment - c++

Question

I would like to take the data from the struct elements to the internal elements.
What will be a better way to do it.
It shows error: invalid array assignmen berror: invalid array ssignment
error: invalid array assignment error: ‘strcpy’ was not declared in this scope.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
struct A
{
char Ip[16];
char port[6];
char sessionkey[32];
}
int main()
{
char m_ip[16];
char m_port[6];
char m_sessionkey[32];
A a;
a.Ip = "10.43.160.94111";
a.port = "12345";
a.sessionkey = "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512";
strcpy(m_ip,a.Ip);
strcpy(m_port,a.port);
strcpy(m_sessionkey,a.sessionkey);
cout << "m_ip:" << m_ip << endl;
cout << "m_port:" << m_port << endl;
cout << "m_sessionkey:" << m_sessionkey << endl;
}

Answer 1

I think you mean the following (C string functions are declared in header <cstring>)
#include <cstring>
//...
char m_ip[16];
char m_port[6];
char m_sessionkey[32];
A a = { "10.43.160.94111", "12345", "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512" };
std::strcpy(m_ip,a.Ip);
std::strcpy(m_port,a.port);
std::strcpy(m_sessionkey,a.sessionkey);
Or instead of
A a = { "10.43.160.94111", "12345", "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512" };
you could write
A a;
a = { "10.43.160.94111", "12345", "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512" };
provided that your compiler supports C++ 2011.
Take into account that you forgot to place a semicol after the closing brace in the structure definition
struct A
{
//...
};
^^^
EDIT: After you unexpectedly changed your code I'd like to point out that this code snippet
A a;
string p = "10.43.160.94111";
string q = "12345";
string r = "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512";
p.copy(a.Ip,16,0);
q.copy(a.port,6,0);
r.copy(a.sessionkey,32,0);
does not make sense. There is no sense to introduce objects of type std::string only that to initialize an object of type struct A.
Another thing you could initially define the structure the following way
struct A
{
std::string Ip;
std::string port;
std::string sessionkey;
};

Answer 2

For writing in C++ prefer to use std::string instead of char * or char[].
A number of your issues will not longer exist if you use std::string instead.
Example:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
struct A
{
std::string Ip;
std::string port;
std::string sessionkey;
};
int main()
{
std::string m_ip;
std::string m_port;
std::string m_sessionkey;
A a;
a.Ip = "10.43.160.94111";
a.port = "12345";
a.sessionkey = "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512";
// copy data from a to local variables
m_ip = a.Ip;
m_port = a.port;
m_sessionkey = a.sessionkey;
std::cout << "m_ip:" << m_ip << std::endl;
std::cout << "m_port:" << m_port << std::endl;
std::cout << "m_sessionkey:" << m_sessionkey << std::endl;
}
If you insist on using strcpy you must include the C header file string.h either by using #include <string.h> or by using #include <cstring>. Note that this is a C header file and it is distinctly different than the C++ #include <string> header file.

Answer 3

You should change your code like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
struct A
{
char* Ip;
char* port;
char* sessionkey;
};
int main()
{
char m_ip[16];
char m_port[6];
char m_sessionkey[32];
A a;
a.Ip = "10.43.160.94111";
a.port = "12345";
a.sessionkey = "12Abcd12345Abcd12345Abcd1234512";
strcpy(m_ip,a.Ip);
strcpy(m_port,a.port);
strcpy(m_sessionkey,a.sessionkey);
cout << "m_ip:" << m_ip << endl;
cout << "m_port:" << m_port << endl;
cout << "m_sessionkey:" << m_sessionkey << endl;
}
strcpy() function is in cstring header file in C++/C++11, so you must add #include<cstring> to your code.