Trouble with If's and Else's

Kay, so I'm working on a text RPG, and I ran into a snag that if I try to use a CHAR as a string (by making an array out of it) I can't compile, this is my code for initilizing my CHAR ARRAY:

Code:

char input[6];

And this is for reading it off:

Code:

    if (input=="left") {x=x-1;}          //Go Left
    else if (input=="right") {x=x+1;}    //Go Right
    else if (input=="north") {y=y+1;}    //Go North
    else if (input=="south") {y=y-1;}    //Go South
    else if (input=="jump") {if (rope_above==true) {z=z+1;} else cout<< "Nothing above me\n";//Jump up, if a rope is above, grab it
    else if (input=="dig") {if (hole_below==true) {z=z-1;} else cout<< "Nothing below me\n";//Dig if you can

I am using Dev-C++ and I get this error:

18 C:\Documents and Settings\Glitchguy2\Desktop\My Creations\Text Based Games\directions.h ISO C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer

Where it says "left" is what the action depends on, such as typing left to make x equal itself minus 1.
Note that I am fairly experienced with C++ console game programming, but no where near the best.
NOTE: These codes both take place in seperate HEADER files, however they do convers properly I think.

Strings are compared with strcmp (or some more secure version).

char arrays are compared using the strcmp function. Like so:

Code:

if(strcmp(input, "Left"))
     // Do stuff

The way you are tying to do it, you would have to declare a string.

Code:

std::string input;

if(input == "Left")
     // Do stuff

I think you need more lessons in C++ before tackling a game.
Oh and code like this:

Code:

    else if (input=="jump") {if (rope_above==true) {z=z+1;} else cout<< "Nothing above me\n";//Jump up, if a rope is above, grab it
    else if (input=="dig") {if (hole_below==true) {z=z-1;} else cout<< "Nothing below me\n";//Dig if you can

Is only going to cause headaches.
It should probably look like this:

Code:

   else if (input == "jump")
    {
        if (rope_above == true)
            z = z + 1;
        else
            cout << "Nothing above me\n"; //Jump up, if a rope is above, grab it
    }
    else if (input == "dig")
    {
        if (hole_below == true)
            z = z - 1;
        else
            cout << "Nothing below me\n"; //Dig if you can
    }

See the difference in the easiness in reading? I do, and I can even see you missed a }.