Thread: comparing strings

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    comparing strings

    k this is whats my problem i can sound stupid but anyway
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    
             int main(){
    		           int a;
                     scanf("%d",&a);
                     if(a==1){printf("Blablaba");
                     if(a==2){printf("again bbalblablabla");}
    			     
             return 0;
             }
    so now if a=1 he says blabla
    now i wanna do the same thing with strings cause i wanna make some commands into my program like print save etc
    but it just wont work if i handle the string as an int
    i know this is an easy question but ive tried to find it out myself without any luck so ....

    LAmb

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    zeldadude
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    Use the strcmp() function in string.h

    it works like this

    Code:
    if (strcmp(str1, str2) == 0){
        printf("They are the same string");
    }

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    Code:
    if (strcmp(str1, str2) == 0){/*should be 1 coz i checked it and else it wont work*/
        printf("They are the same string");
    }
    thx anyway

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    Originally posted by GanglyLamb
    Code:
    if (strcmp(str1, str2) == 0){/*should be 1 coz i checked it and else it wont work*/
        printf("They are the same string");
    }
    thx anyway
    No. You're wrong. It should be zero.
    strcmp
    RETURN VALUE
    The strcmp() and strncmp() functions return an integer
    less than, equal to, or greater than zero if s1 (or the
    first n bytes thereof) is found, respectively, to be less
    than, to match, or be greater than s2.
    Quzah.
    Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

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    strange if i say ==0 it wont work if i say ==1 it works perfectly well as long as it works im happy

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    broken euhm im using dev-c++ right now on this thing

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