string compare problem

[leocfox]

Hello i have a problem with getting the input from a user to match with values in an array of records..

here is my code

#include <stdio.h>#include <conio.h>


   struct records
		{
			char name[10];
			};


		struct records n[2] =
      {
      	{"andre"},
         {"brown"}
         };


   int main()
   {
   	//want to scanf a value to test if the name exist;


      char input[10];
      int i;


      printf ("Enter name: ");
      scanf ("\n\n%s", input);


      for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
      {
      	if (n[i].name == input)
      	{
      		printf ("Name Exist in record %d \n", i);
         	}
         	else
         	{
         			printf ("Name does not exist in record %d \n", i);
            	}
        }
      getch();
      }

using a watch i found out tht.. the input from the user if the user types "andre" is being stored as "andre\0@\0x01\0"

how do i get my program to jst store the word the user types?

please help

[GReaper]

how do i get my program to jst store the word the user types?

It does, the remaining characters of the array are uninitialized, there containing random values. Try doing something like:

char input[10] = { 0 };

this should initialize all characters to zero.

[leocfox]

I got the same result.. name does not exist in both records.

[leocfox]

now its trying to compare "andre" with "andre\0\0\0\0\0"

[GReaper]

n[i].name == input

What do you think that code does? HINT: Both are pointers

EDIT: You need "strcmp(n[i].name, input) == 0" instead.

[iMalc]

how do i get my program to jst store the word the user types?

You don't need to. For all intents and purposes, it does.
The problem is that you need to fix line 32, because you can't compare strings using just == in C.

[leocfox]

thank you..
it works when i replace "if(n[i].name == input)" with "if (strcmp(n[i].name, input) == 0)"

one more question "#include <string.h> that made strcmp() work is C programming right?
My teach dont want us to mix up C with C++

[iMalc]

string.h is definitely standard C.

That's very good that your teacher is making sure you don't produce a mix of C and C++.