wierd Problem on Small If Prog

[God]

This is the code

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  int a;
  char C;
  cout<<"Why Hello ";
  cout<<"What lang you think this is in? ";
  cin>>a;
  if(a==C++)
  (
    cout<<"You got it";
  )
  else
  (
     cout<<"Nope Its C++ ";
     
  )
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

yes its cheezy but its to someone who only does qbasic
the error i get is on the line cout<<"You got it"; the error is parse error before";" i have no clue what it is im am working in devc++ any help would be appreciated. o in case its no obvious i am new and learning

[prog-bman]

You can't compare it like that youd have to do something like this

#include <iostream>
#include <string>//for strcmp()
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  
  char c[20];
  cout<<"Why Hello ";
  cout<<"What lang you think this is in? ";
  cin>>c;
  if(strcmp(c,"c++")==0)
  {//These need to be braces not paratheses'
    cout<<"You got it";
  }
  else
  {
     cout<<"Nope Its C++ ";
     
  }
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

Oh and welcome to the boards

[God]

Thank You very much though i will have to look up strcmp that does fix what was wrong thanks again

[Sebastiani]

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  int a;
  string input;
  cout<<"Why Hello ";
  cout<<"What lang you think this is in? ";
  cin>>input;
  if(input=="C++")
  (
    cout<<"You got it";
  )
  else
  (
     cout<<"Nope Its C++ ";
     
  )
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

[Noxir]

change int a to char a[25] and it will work

[ggs]

change int a to char a[25] and it will work

you're my kind of c board poster

[Thantos]

you're my kind of c board poster

The kind that spit out useless garbage? I think we have enough of those

[major_small]

you're my kind of c board poster

in that case, does ggs wanna explain how that little change would work?