Thread: comparing 2 strings with pointer

Hello all,

I am trying to make a program that compares two strings, but I got stuck here
I am a newbie in using pointer, can anyone help?

here is the source code :

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int str_equal(const char *s1, const char *s2){
	while(*s1 != '\0' && *s2 != '\0'){
		if(*s1 != *s2){return 0;}
		else{*s1++;*s2++;}
	}
	return 1;
}


int main(void){
	char p, q;
	
	printf("Input a string : ");
	scanf("%s",&p);
	printf("Input another string : ");
	scanf("%s",&q);
	
	if(str_equal(&p, &q)){
		printf("The strings are the same.\n");
	}else{
		printf("The strings are not the same.\n");
	}

	return 0;
}

thanks in advance.