A beginner in need

I know very little about C++. I would like to use an if command in this way:



Ask user to enter a word

if word is "something!"

cout "bleah!"

else

if word is "other!"

cout "miscellaneous!"

if and else dont work with character arrays which is what im assuming what you mean by a "string". you could use std::string, but since youve just started, i dont suggest it. you could use strcmp()...

You can use either if else statements or witch statement.

Code:

 if( word == " word1")
cout<< res1;
else  if( word == " word2")
cout<< res2;
else 
cout<< res3;

//OR

   switch word {
    word1: {cout<< res1;  break;}
    word2: {cout<< res2;  break;}
    word3: {cout<< res3;  break;}

   }

I think this is good code.

please note that if u have more than one line of code following your if statement these lines must be enclosed in matching {}

example:

if(word==word1)
{cout<<"abc";
cout<<"xyz";
}

else
abc

if u dont put the {} your compiler will only read the line immediately following the if statement.