If statment +text

I want to type in a text with the std::cin and then store it in a variable, like:

char text[20];
std::cin >> text;

Then comes the problem, I want to use the if statement and depending on whatever you've typed in launch a specific action, like:

if (text=="whatever") {std::cout << "this is some text";};
else if (text=="I am old") {std::cout << "No, you're young";};
else {std::cout << "Type in something else";};

But it doesn't work out!


Help me solve this!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try the function strcmp(). It compares C Style strings and gives out 0 if they are both the same

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
  char text[20];
  cin.getline(text, 20, '\n');

  if(strcmp(text, "whatever"))
    std::cout << "this is some text";
  else if(strcmp(text, "I am old"))
    std::cout << "No, you're young";
  else
    std::cout << "Type in something else";
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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that code won't work. strcmp returns 0 if true. therefore u have to type ! before every time u use it.

ex. if (!strcmp(text,"whatever")
{//do whatever}

Convert the array 'text' to a string, and then compare.

string answer;

ie. answer = text;