Thread: wrong output on input

hey, i've got (in my eyes) this weird little problem:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char day[10];
        
    printf("give a day: ");
    scanf("%s", day);
    
    
    if ((day == "saturday") || (day == "sunday"))
    {
        
        printf("\nIts weekend\n");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("\n its a weekday");
    }
        
}

no matter what day I input it always returns weekday.



some got an idea how this happens because i really dont.
thanx

You can't use '==' to compare strings (what you are actually doing is comparing to char * pointers which are never equal since they point to different things... so you always get an answer of false... so you always think its a week day)

Try strcmp() or strncmp() which are defined in the header string.h

edit: Salem beat me to it!