Thank you everyone for your assistance! Couple things here. (This is my first couple weeks of C++ so I'm still scooting the C stuff aside and replacing it with the C++ language within the limitations of my fluency)
I apologize, but I am not yet familiar with the std:: thing, but I will research that on my own when I get a sec.
Rags, I will look into those differences as I build my knowledge base so I don't need to inquire about such elementary issues, ty.
Raigne, thank you, as that got me on the proper track, but I couldn't get it to work in that fashion and ended up using ==0 for my comparisons, however, I did end up setting up that list just to try it out and it worked fantastically.
Finally, Andrew, you picked up on my subtle begging to answer that closing window issue and after reading that article it makes sense and I shouldn't have that problem again, much appreciated.
I look forward to getting to the point where I too can assist those in need rather than looking for answers. Thank you all and if anyone was interested, here is the working code.
Code:
int main()
{
const int SIZE = 3; //Setting the array size
char abb[SIZE];
const char north[SIZE] = "NC";
const char northc[SIZE] = "nc";
const char south[SIZE] = "SC";
const char southc[SIZE] = "sc";
const char Geo[SIZE] = "GA";
const char Geor[SIZE] = "ga";
const char Flo[SIZE] = "FL";
const char Flor[SIZE] = "fl";
const char Ala[SIZE] = "AL";
const char Alab[SIZE] = "al";
//Get State abberviation
cout<<"Enter in your state abbreviation ---->";
cin>> abb;
//Begin if statement checking for the upper or lower case entry
if ( (strcmp(abb, north) == 0) || (strcmp(abb, northc) == 0) )
cout<< "Your state is North Carolina\n";
else if ( (strcmp(abb, south) == 0) || (strcmp(abb, southc) == 0) )
cout<< "Your state is South Carolina\n";
else if ( (strcmp(abb, Geo) == 0) || (strcmp(abb, Geor) == 0) )
cout<< "Your state is Georgia\n";
else if ( (strcmp(abb, Flo) == 0) || (strcmp(abb, Flor) == 0) )
cout<< "Your state is Florida\n";
else if ( (strcmp(abb, Ala) == 0) || (strcmp(abb, Alab) == 0) )
cout<< "Your state is Alabama\n";
else cout << "You have entered an incorrect value";
system ("PAUSE");
return 0;
}