[CLN-list] how to read string numbers at runtime into cl_I type

[Richard B. Kreckel]

Joshua Friedman wrote:
> In the manual it says:  cl_I order_of_rubiks_cube_group =
> "43252003274489856000";
> so I declared a string, S, read it from a file, and then I said
> 
> cl_I = S;
> I also tried cl_I = cl_I(S),
> 
> but it did not work. I assume because the string is dynamic there is a
> problem. I could not find the correct function or class constructor that
> takes a string.
> 
> Here is the error:
> In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
> e.cc:75: error: conversion from ‘std::string’ to non-scalar type ‘cln::cl_I’
> requested
> make: *** [e.o] Error

Use the member function c_str() of class std::string to convert it to a 
const char*.

   -richy.
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Richard B. Kreckel
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