Thread: strcmp between pointer value and user input problem

Hello All,

im trying to get some user input, compare it to the data stored in a .dat file and output all the information for the contact if the user input matches the data of the contact in the dat file. Here is a segment of my code:

Code:

     cout<<"\nPlease Enter the Department You Wish to View: ";
     cin>>dept;
     
     while(i < counter)
     {   
        indata.seekg(i * size, ios::beg);
        indata.read (reinterpret_cast<char *> (&unistaff),
                            sizeof(unistaff));

        if (strcmp(universitystaff->department) == (dept))
        {
           ...............................

it gives me an error message and opens the string.h file. I tryed without strcmp a couple of ways i know but it just didnt work, any ideas?

Thanks.

You should rather use std::string than char arrays.
The problem is that you need to re-look at the documentation for strcmp. It takes two arguments and returns < 0, 0 or > 0. Take a look again.