simple question asking program

im trying to make a simple test program that asks simple questions and such. heres the code i made but it doesnt work.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
    
    char name [20];
    
    char quest [5];
    
    cout<<"Hi whats your name?\n";
    cin>>name;
    cin.ignore();
    
    cout<<"hello "<<name<<" are you tall? (yes or no)\n";
    cin>>quest;
    cin.ignore();
    
    if ( quest=yes ){
         cout<<"thats nice and your tall or so you say anyways\n";
         }
         else if ( quest=no ){
              cout<<" hah your short and im a short program\n";
              }
              else {
                   cout<<" YES OR NO!!!!!?? \n";
                   cin>>quest;
                   cin.ignore();
                   }
                   cout<<"press enter to quit";
    
    cin.get();
    
}

i just want to get it to say different sentences based on whether you said yes or no to the question.

You should use: if ( strcmp ( quest, "yes" ) ){ instead of if ( quest=yes ){. Also with no.
Oh and I see it needs to be 'true' so I think it is if ( ! strcmp ( quest, "yes" ) ){.

You should use the C++ string class. It is easier and safer. Also be aware that = means assign and == means compare, unless you are talking about C style strings like quest, in which case you must use strcmp as Yuri stated.

thank you! it worked. but when i ddint put the ! it switched around the answer. when i say no it says the answer for yes and vice versa. why is that and whats the ! for? im just curious because im very inexperienced

Code:

a == b // is a equal to b?
a != b // is a not equal to b?
!(a == b) // same as a != b, but a little harder to read
a = b // set a equal to b

And, some shortcuts:

Code:

(!a) : evaluates to true iff a is false (as a boolean), 
0 (as an integer), or NULL (as a pointer)

(a) : evaluates to true iff a is true (as a boolean),
non-0 (as an integer), non-NULL 
(as a pointer -- even if it points to garbage)

strcmp returns 0 iff the two arguments are equal, so !strcmp(str1, str2) evaluates to true if the strings are equal.

I use '!' like this:

Code:

    cout<<"Enter the Password: ";
    cin>> Code1;
            
    if ( ! strcmp ( Code1, "Quit" ) || ! strcmp ( Code1, "quit" ) ){
    exit( 0 );
    }

And if you enter "Quit" or "quit" the program quit. Else, he compares the Password.
It is the same as:

    if ( strcmp ( Code1, "Quit" ) == 0 || strcmp ( Code1, "quit" ) == 0 ){
    exit( 0 );
    }

But '!' is smaller then '== 0'.
And of corse have those two the same effect:

    if ( strcmp ( Code1, "Quit" ) != 0 || strcmp ( Code1, "quit" ) != 0 ){
    exit( 0 );
    }

    if ( strcmp ( Code1, "Quit" ) || strcmp ( Code1, "quit" ) ){
    exit( 0 );
    }