Thread: testing 2 strings for equality

here is my code. in void function lookupInfo, how to i test the 2 strings for equality? everything works except the if statement.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

struct inputInfo
{
char name[25];
short ext;
};

void enterInfo();
void lookupInfo();

void main()
{ char choice = ' ';
cout<< "Enter E to enter info or L to lookup info or Q to quit: ";
cin>> choice;
cin.ignore (100,'\n');
choice = toupper(choice);
while( choice != 'Q')
{
if (choice == 'E')
enterInfo();
else
if(choice == 'L')
lookupInfo();

cout<< "Enter E to enter info or L to lookup info or Q to quit: ";
cin>> choice;
cin.ignore (100,'\n');
choice = toupper(choice);
}
}
void enterInfo()
{
inputInfo record = {"",0};

ofstream outFile;
outFile.open ("T7Be08.dat",ios::app);
if (!outFile.fail () )
{
cout<< "Enter name: ";
cin.get (record.name,25,'\n');
cin.ignore (100,'\n');

cout<< "Enter extention number: ";
cin>> record.ext;
cin.ignore (100,'\n');

outFile<< record.name << '#'<< record.ext << endl;

outFile.close ();
}
else
cout<< "File not opened"<< endl;
}
void lookupInfo()
{
char lookupName[25]= "";
cout<< "Enter lookup name: ";
cin.get (lookupName,25,'\n');
cin.ignore (100,'\n');



inputInfo record = {"",0};

ifstream inFile;
inFile.open ("T7Be08.dat",ios::in);
if (!inFile.fail () )
{
inFile.get (record.name ,25,'#');
inFile.ignore (1);
inFile>> record.ext ;
inFile.ignore (1);
while (!inFile.eof () )
{
// if (stricmp(record.name,lookupName) == 0 ) how
// do i test these 2 strings for equality?
// {
cout<< record.name << '\n';
cout<< record.ext << '\n';
inFile.get (record.name ,25,'#');
inFile.ignore (1);
inFile>> record.ext ;
inFile.ignore (1) ;
// }
}
}
}

stricmp(record.name,lookupName) == 0 will be a true statement if the cstyle string called record.name is the same as the cstyle string lookupName. stricmp is the case insensitive version of strcmp which is case sensitive. therefore if you wish to do something if the two strings are the same just use the above statement as the condition of an if statement as you have done and it should work.