Thread: help with simple calculator (beginner)

Hello, I am very new to writing C++ and have started tryign to write a very basic calculator, capable of timesing, dividing, plussing or minusing two whole numbers.

I could be way off with this effort, but this is the code so far. And the only errors I get are when in the 'if' sections and the error is:'ISO C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer'

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
    int number1;
    char var;
    int number2;
    
cout<<"Welcome to 'Phil's Calculator'\n";
cin.get();
cout<<"\nPlease choose a number \n";
cin>> number1;
cin.get();
cout<<"\nNow choose your variable. *,/,+ or - \n";
cin>> var;
cin.get();
cout<<"\nAnd finally, choose your second number \n";
cin>> number2;
cin.get();

if ( var == "*") {
            cout<< number1*number2;
}

else if ( var == "/") {
     cout<< number1/number2;
      }
else if ( var == "+") {
     cout<< number1+number2;
     }
     
else if ( var == "-") {
     cout<< number1-number2;
     }
else  cout<<"sorry, this program cannot do that";
    
}

Hope someone can tell me what i'm doing wrong, and how to fix the error.

Thanks
Phil

A single char isn't the same as a string, use '*', '/', etc. instead of "*", "/".

Thanks

bear in mind that division by zero is not acceptable, so you should write an if statement for it telling the user about that problem