Thread: character string as a variable?

Can I use a character string as a variable to get a program to do one action if a specific word is typed and a different action if another word is typed?

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#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char scale[12];
float temp;
float temp2;

printf("Would you like to convert Fahrentheit or Celsius?\n");
scanf(" %s", scale);/*This works*/
printf("Enter the temperature in %s that you would like to convert:", scale);
scanf(" %f", temp);
if (scale == Fahrenheit)/*This does not work*/
*rest of program follows*
}
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What am I missing in the second instance? Is it even possible to use a string in that manner?

Guideon72 - I will understand sooner or later

strcmp(scale,"Fahrenheit");
or case insensitive
_srticmp(scale,"Fahrenheit");

What do those mean? I'm just learning C right noow and I don't know all of the commands yet.

#include <stdio.h>
#include<string.h>

int main(void)
{
char scale[12];
float temp;
float temp2;

printf("Would you like to convert Fahrentheit or Celsius?\n");
scanf(" %s", scale);/*This works*/
printf("Enter the temperature in %s that you would like to convert:", scale);
scanf(" %f", temp);
if(_stricmp(scale,"Fahrentheit")==0)
Fahrentheit2Celsius(); // implement it by yourself
else if(_stricmp(scale,"Clesius")==0)
Celsius2Fahrentheit(); // implement it by yourself

}

Thank you That's what I needed.