Thread: If doesn't work

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    If doesn't work

    I have this function in dll. and if I call this DLL so that sometext = "green" then in MessageBox i see "green" but this if sentence doen't work.

    How should I modify my if sentence?

    Code:
    // a sample exported function
    void DLL_EXPORT SomeFunction(const LPCSTR sometext)
    {
        MessageBoxA(0, sometext, "DLL Message", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
        //remove( sometext );
    
    	HANDLE hstdout = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
    	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
    	GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo( hstdout, &csbi );
    	SetConsoleTextAttribute( hstdout, 0x07 );
      if (sometext == "green") {
     SetConsoleTextAttribute( hstdout, 0x0A );
     printf ("Iam green: ");
      }
    }
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    You can't compare C strings with ==, you must use strcmp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rags_to_riches View Post
    You can't compare C strings with ==, you must use strcmp.
    In C++ you use std::string and then == works just fine.
    But seeing as it's an exported function, I would go with rags_to_riches' suggestion in this case.
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    tnx, just 1 question more how to modify that function so that it uses 1st 2 chars to set text color and then print everything that is after 2nd char?

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