When I run the code, put it 'yes', the code does not print 'Hi'. How can this be fixed?
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <math.h> #include <string.h> #include <ctype.h> char command[100]; int main(void) { printf("Please Enter 'yes' or 'no' :: "); scanf("%s",&command); if(command == "yes") { printf("Hi"); } }
1. do not use glabals
2. indent your code
3. do not use & when passing string to scanf
4. modify your format - add width specifier to prevent buffer overrun
5. use strcmp() to compare strings
6. add return 0; to the end of main
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
You are comparing the first elements memory address to the character constant "yes". You have the right idea that scanf requires its arguments to be passed by reference, however an array already is a memory address, so dont add the &. Other then that use strcmp() for comparing strings like vart said, and your program will work.
That is not accurate: an array decays to a pointer to its first element when passed as an argument, but arrays are not memory addresses.an array already is a memory address
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
Before anyone tries to counter what laserlight is saying, yes, an array's address and the address of its first element may be the same, and for many intents and purposes you can use arrays and pointers interchangably, however, they are NOT the exact same thing as far as C is concerned.
In memory, addresses are addresses, but C takes the type of the data into account when performing manipulations on addresses, and in C an array is a type, distinct from a pointer.
An array is a constant pointer to a type right? Or wrong? >< I know that at compile time arrays are transformed into pointer form, but is it safe to think of an array as a constant pointer or just as a totally seperate data type?
arrays are casted to pointers when appropriate...
But if you apply sizeof operator for example - you'll get the totally different output for array and pointer
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
– David J. Wheeler
