Pointers and string trouble

[blackstormdragon]

My trouble causing lines are maked within the code.

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

void main()
{
	string* head;
	string* tail;
	head = new string;
	tail = new string;

	string reString;

	cout<<"Enter a some content you want reversed: ";
	getline(cin,reString);


	head* = reString[index];//problem here
	tail* = reString[index2];// and here

Though I don't show it index and index2 have been initialized. The lines that I've marked are giving me the error C2059: syntax error : '='. I have no clue what that means. I've tried removing the *, but that only gives me a different error. It proably dosen't help that Im not good with pointers.
Helps appreciated, thanks.

[Ganon11]

Use head = &reString[index], or (*head) = reString[index]. Not sure which of those will work, but one of them sure will.

[kaioshin00]

My trouble causing lines are maked within the code.

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;

void main()
{
	string* head;
	string* tail;
	head = new string;
	tail = new string;

	string reString;

	cout<<"Enter a some content you want reversed: ";
	getline(cin,reString);


	head* = reString[index];//problem here
	tail* = reString[index2];// and here

Though I don't show it index and index2 have been initialized. The lines that I've marked are giving me the error C2059: syntax error : '='. I have no clue what that means. I've tried removing the *, but that only gives me a different error. It proably dosen't help that Im not good with pointers.
Helps appreciated, thanks.

Remember pointers are supposed to contain address values. I'm not really sure what your program is supposed to be doing, but you should be assigning head and tail address values of strings.

[blackstormdragon]

Thanks the (*head) one worked, I belive my star was in the wrong place. Thanks, I miss little things like that alot.