A pointer to a pointer to a string object.

minuss273 (43)
Hello fellow programmers, i just finished a chapter of pointers in a beginner C++ programming book. As i was doing the end chapter exercises i have stumbled upon a error in my exercise that requests that i write a program with a pointer to a pointer to a string object. I need to use the pointer to the pointer to call the size() member function of the string object. Line 12 gives me an error message. Any ideas? 

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    string* pString = 0; 
    string* p2String = 0;
    string mystring = "String made for pointing exercise!\n";
    pString = &mystring; 
    p2String = &pString;

    cout<<"(*p2String).size() is: "<<(*p2String).size()<<"\n";

    return 0;
}
Yanson (885)
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string* pString = 0;
	string** p2String = 0;
	string mystring = "String made for pointing exercise!\n";
	pString = &mystring;
	p2String = &pString;

	cout << "(*p2String).size() is: " << (**p2String).size() << "\n";
	std::cin.ignore();
	return 0;
}
minuss273 (43)
Thank you Yanson! that worked
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