Thread: Can't get this to work.

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    Angry Can't get this to work.

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    char personality[20];
    
    cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
    cin.getline(personality,20);
    if (personality[20] == 'mad')
        {
        cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
        }
        else
            {
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            }
            
    system("pause");
    }
    I know I could get this to work by doing a different way but that is not what I want. I want the user to input something wether it be, mad, sad, happy and then depending on which they TYPE display a different text. I don't want an options menu! Not looking for something like this: press M for mad or S for sad. I want to be able to feed off of the whole word.(If its possible)
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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    char personality[20];
    
    cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
    cin.getline(personality,20);
    if (personality[20]  == 'mad')
        {
        cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
        }
            else
            {
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            }
            
    system("pause");
    }
    should be:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    //#include <string>  //for alternate if statement below
    
    int main()
    {
        char personality[20];
    
        cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
        cin.getline(personality,20,'\n');
        if (personality == "mad")   //or if(!strcmpi(personality,"mad");
            cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
        else
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            
        system("pause");
        return 0;
    }
    Last edited by major_small; 08-18-2003 at 09:45 PM.
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    I think you need to use strcmp instead of == in your comparisons.

    Also I noticed you don't explicitly have a return, so you may want to add that though I don't think it's necessary from what I have read on this board.

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    forgot about the return... sometimes it is necessary, depending on what compiler your using... and I think the == will work, but strcmpi is better... or strcmp if you want it to be case-sensitive
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    Originally posted by major_small
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    char personality[20];
    
    cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
    cin.getline(personality,20);
    if (personality[20]  == 'mad')
        {
        cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
        }
            else
            {
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            }
            
    system("pause");
    }
    should be:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    //#include <string>  //for alternate if statement below
    
    int main()
    {
        char personality[20];
    
        cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
        cin.getline(personality,20,'\n');
        if (personality == "mad")   //or if(!strcmpi(personality,"mad");
            cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
        else
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            
        system("pause");
        return 0;
    }
    The above didn't work.
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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    char personality[20];
    
    cout <<"Enter personality: " <<endl;
    cin.getline(personality,20,'\n'); //don't think '\n' is necessary
    if(!strcmpi(personality,"mad"))
    {
        cout <<"$$$$ the world!" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
    }
    
    cout<<endl<<"You are "<<personality<<", in case you forgot."<<endl;
    
    return 0;
    }
    Read major_small's comments.
    Last edited by funkydude9; 08-18-2003 at 09:54 PM.
    Well, there are a few things wrong with your code:

    1) It does not work.
    2) It does not work.
    3) It does not work.

    Hope this helps.

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    I was about to say something about that look at my code:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    char personality[20];
    char m;
    cout <<"Enter" <<endl;
    cin.getline(personality,20,'\n');
    if (strcmp("mad",personality))
        {
         cout <<"Ruck off!" <<endl;
        }
        else
            {
            cout <<"Lovely" <<endl;
            }
            
    system("pause");
    }
    I forgot the ! sign and was about to ask why it only would type Ruck off! for anything i typed besides mad. LOL.
    Thanks funkydude!
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    I forgot the ! sign
    Copy & past is your friend.
    Well, there are a few things wrong with your code:

    1) It does not work.
    2) It does not work.
    3) It does not work.

    Hope this helps.

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    Originally posted by major_small
    forgot about the return... sometimes it is necessary, depending on what compiler your using... and I think the == will work, but strcmpi is better... or strcmp if you want it to be case-sensitive
    Nope, the == operator only works on strings of the stl string datatype.

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    thanks for clearing that up for me golfinguy4
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    When you use == as you did, it compares the pointers. For example, 'personality == "mad" ' compares the base address of 'personality' with the base address of the string literal "mad".
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