Thread: Else if Statement not working correctly

Hi,

I am a beginner C++ programmer and I am trying to code in a way that makes it so that if the name provided is an empty string, then the response would be "You must enter a valid name". But my if statement is not working properly because even if the code is not an empty string, it is still saying "You must enter a valid name". Please help me.

Here is a snippet of the code.

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Code:

int main()
{
	string donorName;
	string donorGender;
	int donorWeight;
	int donorHeight;
	int donorAge;


	cout << "What is the donor's name?" << endl;
	cin.ignore(INT_MAX, '\n');
	getline(cin, donorName);


	cout << "What is the donor's gender?" << endl;
	cin >> donorGender;


	cout << "What is the donor's age?" << endl;
	cin >> donorAge;


	cout << "What is the donor's weight(in pounds)?" << endl;
	cin >> donorWeight;


	cout << "What is the donor's height?" << endl;
	cin >> donorHeight;




	if (donorName == "")
	{
		cout << " --- You must enter a valid name." << endl;
		return (-1);
	}


	 else if (donorGender != "Male" && donorGender != "Female" && donorGender != "Trans Male" && donorGender != "Trans Female" && donorGender != "Queer" && donorGender != "Different")
	{
		cout << "--- You must enter a valid gender." << endl;
		
	}