strcmp() error when compiling need help

I am just trying to compile a simple string compare program and it will not work. I am using g++ and here is the error


strcomp.cpp: In function `int main (...)':
strcomp.cpp:10: no matching function for call to `basic_string<char,
string_char_traits<char>, __default_alloc_template<true, 0> >::strcmp
(char *&, const char[3])'

And here is the code:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

void main()
{
        char *vari;
        cout << "Type up: ";
        cin >> vari;
        string stri;
        if(stri.strcmp(vari,"up")==0)
        {
                cout << "\nGood\n";
        }
        else
        {
                cout << "\nBad\n";
                cout << "You entered " << vari << endl;
        }
        return 0;

}

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Here's a little spiffing up I did.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()//should be int main
{
        char *vari;
        cout << "Type up: ";
        cin >> vari;
        //string stri; commented out because not needed
        if(strcmp(vari,"up")==0)//removed stri. because not correct
        {
                cout << "\nGood\n";
        }
        else
        {
                cout << "\nBad\n";
                cout << "You entered " << vari << endl;
        }
        return 0;

}

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That worked thanks

char *vari;
cout << "Type up: ";
cin >> vari;



This will crash sooner or later. You need to reserve actual space, not only a pointer to that space. Make vari an array of char that's large enough to hold the sentence.