String comparing in C

I know Perl, and I'm so used to the operators for it.
For example, in perl..

Code:

if($input =~ /help (.*)/)
{
     $command = $1;
     if($command eq "echo")
     {
          #Example
     }
     else {
             print "Command not found.\n";
      }
}

What is the C equivalent?
Thanks,
Austin B.

Read up on strcmp.

Well if you want the first line with any degree of utility, you'll need this
http://www.pcre.org/

"strcmp" compares two different strings

Eg: strcmp(a,b); compares a and b, if they are equal returns a zero value, if less a value less than zero and if greater oh well u know

I know about strcmp, I just want something that will allow you to do something like this.
Like an IRC bot:

Person: !add Person
Bot: Person is added to the Messaging List.
Person2: !add Person2
Bot: Person2 is added to the Messaging List.

Make sense?

Well, but what does that have to do with string comparing? Do you mean "how do I read in a string"? What?

Or "How to write bot?"

Originally Posted by petrock6

I know about strcmp, I just want something that will allow you to do something like this.
Like an IRC bot:

Person: !add Person
Bot: Person is added to the Messaging List.
Person2: !add Person2
Bot: Person2 is added to the Messaging List.

Make sense?

Absolutely not - it does not make one iota of sense. What in tarnation does that have to do with comparing strings in Perl versus C?

Code:

if(strstr(buffer, "!add") == buffer)
  /* do stuff */

Finally, sounded like I was talking to a wall.
Thank you, Master5001.

Originally Posted by petrock6

I know Perl, and I'm so used to the operators for it.

Oh, are you in for some fun. I think the nature of string ops in C were the motive for creating perl, but you'll have to check w/ Mr. Wall.

Master5001 is being tricky here. You should look up strcmp as well.

Code:

if (strcmp(command, "echo")==0) dostuff();
else whatever...