Basic string question

**charbach007** · 03-24-2005

I've got a basic string question that I'm sure the large majority of you will be able to answer, but I haven't found something similar on these boards after an hour that would fix my problem.

Code:

string position;

if (strcmp(position,"Home") == 0)
      {
      cout << "YES!!!!!";
      }

... gives me the error "cannot convert `std::string' to `const char*' for argument `1' to ".

Any suggestions? Thanks.

**hk_mp5kpdw** · 03-24-2005

The string container has an overloaded == operator that would work. Alternately, you could convert the string to a const char* using the c_str member function:

Either:

Code:

string position;

if ( position == "Home" )
{
    cout << "YES!!!!!";
}

Or:

Code:

string position;

if (strcmp(position.c_str(),"Home") == 0)
{
    cout << "YES!!!!!";
}

**charbach007** · 03-24-2005

Sweet. It works perfectly. Thanks!!

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