Comparing two Strings

Hello everybody I'm new in c++ programming and i have a problem with strings.Actually I'm trying to do this:

I need to create a string called countryOfOrigin
double basicPrice
and double importPrice
and double overallPrice;
and if the countryOfOrigin is Yugoslavia the importprice will be 0;
else the importPrice is 5000 and it's added to overallPrice;


#include<iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main(){
double basicPrice;
double importPrice;
string countryOfOrigin;


basicPrice=15000;

and now i need to do this
if the countryOfOrigin is Yugoslavia the importPrice will be 0;
else the importPrice is 5000 and it's added to overallPrice;

I really can't fix this problem can anybody show me how to check that countryOfOrigin is Yugoslavia or not.
Best regards

Since you are using std::strings you can use the comparison operator== to compare the two strings.

Jim

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Originally Posted by jimblumberg

Since you are using std::strings you can use the comparison operator== to compare the two strings.

Jim

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Do not do that with std::strings. Use the std::string.compare() function instead.

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if (countryOfOrigin.compare("yugoslavia") == 0)
    cout << "You were born in Yugoslavia";

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I forget whether case sensitivity is a factor but you get the idea.

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Do not do that with std::strings. Use the std::string.compare() function instead.

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Why, the comparison operator== has been overloaded for just this purpose.

Jim

Note that Rodaloleux describes himself as a "C++ troll" .....

i definitely got the point problem solved thanks guys.

I've always been told to use compare(). And looking it up from here, I don't see an std::string:: operator==, but then again. There's a lot of stuff I don't know.

Also

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Originally Posted by grumpy

Note that Rodaloleux describes himself as a "C++ troll" .....

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Originally Posted by Rodaxoleaux

I've always been told to use compare(). And looking it up from here, I don't see an std::string:: operator==, but then again. There's a lot of stuff I don't know.

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That's because operator==() is not a member function of std::string. It is a global function. The page you are using only lists member functions.

One of the things you don't know, apparently, is how to employ information you have access to.

From that that link you use, look to the left of the screen. Scroll down to a box entitled "String library". In that box, look in the list below "global functions:". One of them is a link to (drum roll) "comparison operators".