I don't understand what is wrong...

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char inputchar;
if(inputchar=="a"){...stuff here...}

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This gives me an error and I really don't understand why.

" ANSI C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer"

No pointer anywhere here.

((EDIT: It is talking about the if statement; in my actual code the if(inputchar.. is on a line by itself and it is showing that line))

:D Confusing, like most error messages...

"a" represents a string literal. It cannot be represented with a single char variable.

'a' represents a single char (decimal value=97 on the ASCII chart).

Bah, thanks. If it would have even hinted at it in the error message maybe I would have gotten that. :p

Yet again sorry for being so inept,

-Flaran

I would like to add somthing else about that type of error.

if you are using strings in a program

you can use the quotation marks as it understands it if it has first been declared as a string

variable type. example code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
string myname;    // declare a string type variable

cout << "What is my name? ";
cin >> myname;

if ( myname == "doug" )  // ok to use quotation marks here
{
cout << "Yes well done!" << endl;
}

else
{
cout << "Sorry, that is not my name" << endl;
}

return 0;

}

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Sorry if you already know this, but It just shows the differnece
between character strings and single character letters

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" ANSI C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer"

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Confusing, like most error messages...

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Well,strings are stored as pointers only.When you write

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cout<<"Hello world";

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At compile time string "Hello world" is stored somewhere and a pointer is assigned

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cout<<ptr;//ptr contains address of 'H'

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You may confirm this by following code

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cout<<"Hello World"[3];
cout<<&"Hello World"[3];

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output=l
second cout==llo World

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