Issue with Strings

[breakboye]

Hi There

Hope someone can help. i am just getting started understanding chars and strings. i can get this code to compile and run but it fails to see when i have entered correct term i.e.

I want you to guess which day of the month im thinking of!
warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe.
Please type in your month guess?march


Please type in your month guess?april


Please type in your month guess?feburary


Please type in your month guess?


here is the code, can anyone assist to help me figure out where im going wrong?

 
/* Program asking user to guess the correct month */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>


main()
{
char guessdate[10]; /* Set char for month guesses */
char *feburary = "feburary"; /* Set name of month for correct guess */
    
    
    
printf("I want you to guess which day of the month im thinking of!");
    
    do {
printf("\nPlease type in your month guess?");
        gets(guessdate);
        
    } while (guessdate != feburary); 
    
    if (guessdate == feburary)
printf("\nCorrect!");
    
    
return0;
    
}

im using x code on a macbook pro

[Tibo-88]

In order to compare two strings, you need to use the "strcmp" function : strcmp - C++ Reference.

[breakboye]

Brilliant thank you!! ill go check that out

[chibi.coder]

QUOTE=breakboye;1072473]Hi There

Hope someone can help. i am just getting started understanding chars and strings. i can get this code to compile and run but it fails to see when i have entered correct term i.e.

I want you to guess which day of the month im thinking of!
warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe.
Please type in your month guess?march


Please type in your month guess?april


Please type in your month guess?feburary


Please type in your month guess?


here is the code, can anyone assist to help me figure out where im going wrong?

 
/* Program asking user to guess the correct month */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>


main()
{
char guessdate[10]; /* Set char for month guesses */
char *feburary = "feburary"; /* Set name of month for correct guess */
    
    
    
printf("I want you to guess which day of the month im thinking of!");
    
    do {
printf("\nPlease type in your month guess?");
        gets(guessdate);
        
    } while (guessdate != feburary); 
    
    if (guessdate == feburary)
printf("\nCorrect!");
    
    
return0;
    
}

im using x code on a macbook pro[/QUOTE]

When you use if condition for comparison of two strings, it compares addresses rather than strings.
Use strcmp( ) function to compare strings.