my comparison isn't working

ok i'm just starting C++ and i did a little program to get if statements down but when i run it i get an error that says "ISO C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer" and highlights this line:

Code:

if (age >= 18 && localQuestion == "yes") {

here is my entire code:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int age;
    char localQuestion;
    
    cout << "This program determines if you are eligeble to vote\n";
    cout << "How old are you? ";
    cin >> age;
    cin.ignore();
    cout << "Do you live in the U.S? ";
    cin >> localQuestion;
    cin.ignore();
    
    if (age >= 18 && localQuestion == "yes") {
            cout << "You can vote\n";
    }
    else {
         cout << "Sorry you can not vote\n";
    }
    cin.get();
}

char only hold one character. So all it is getting is the y.
You can either make it an array
http://www.codersource.net/c++_arrays_tutorial.html
Or strings
http://www.msoe.edu/eecs/ce/courseinfo/stl/string.htm
Or just check to see if it is ‘y’:

Code:

 if (age >= 18 && localQuestion == 'y')

this is the offending bit.....

localQuestion == "yes"

You cannot do that in c/c++. firstly localQuestion is only a char. that means it can hold one character. Secondly even if it was a char* c-style string you would need to use strcmp() to compare it with the string "yes".

Instead. #include<string> and make localQuestion a string not a char then suddenly that bit of code becomes legal.

thank you. i used string and got it working