passswords

how can i get my prog to accpet a text password

like:
cin>>passcode;

would accept a number i want sum text to be accepted
also what do i use i.e. int, char

cin.getline(passcode, 10);

plus you would define passcode as a char array, the size of which would depend on how long you wished the max length of the password you wanted. Remember arrays start at 0. :)

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::cout;

#define CORRECT_PASS "enter"

int main ( void )
{
  std::string password;
  cout<<"Enter your password: ";
  std::getline ( std::cin, password );
  if ( password == CORRECT_PASS )
    cout<<"All is well\n";
  else
    cout<<"Wrong password\n";
  return 0;
}

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-Prelude

*gasp

comparing strings with ==. shame on you.

um you can...

>comparing strings with ==. shame on you.
The C++ string class has an overloaded operator == for comparing two strings. Perhaps you were in a C mindset when you read this. ;)

-Prelude