? comparing elements of a char array

How can I compare 2 elements in a char array?

This doesn't seem to work:

char word1 [5] = "asdf";
char word2 [5] = "aser";

if(word1[1] == word2[1])
{
cout << "match";
}

Thanks

you have to use the strcmp() function (found in <string.h>) to compare strings. otherwise it compares addresses which is probably not what you want.

That code doesn't compare addresses, it compares the second character in both strings. You know that [] dereference pointers, do you?

Easier way IMHO is to use string class

Code:

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#include <string>

int main(void)
{
string Str1("hello");
string Str2("hello");

if (Str1 == Str2)

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Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I didn't even see the array indexes were there. I just assumed they were trying to compare char strings with the == operator.

It worked just fine for me.

again, sorry to insult your intelligence.