I'm new at strings, or "char"s.

With my console program, I use iostream.h, and therefore cin >> number. However, how would I be able to use words/characters instead of numbers with that, or would I need something aside from iostream?

nothing really..

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

char word[20]; // that makes a variable that can hold letters and makes it 20 spaces long

int main()
{
    cout << " Type a word under 20 spaces: ";
    cin >> word;

    cout << endl;
    cout << " You typed: " << word;

    cin.get();  // pauses the program until some one types a key and hits enter
    return 0;
}

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Ok got that working... but how do I use it in an if statement? Right now I have something like this:

Code:

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cin >> word;
if(word == "quit")
{
        Code to end loop(not shown here) goes here.
}

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However, that doesn't work.

try a whil loop

Code:

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while ( word != "quit" )
{
      cout << "type: ";
      cin >> word;
 
      cout << word;
}

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I fail to see how a while loop would succeed where an if statement fails...

The problem is not the statement...

Code:

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cin >> word;
if(word == 1)
{
        Code to end loop(not shown here) goes here.
}

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If I have declared word to be an integer, the preceding section of code would have worked. However, when I change it to the char type, it does not.

Instead of unsing

Code:

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cin >> word;
if(word == 1)
{
        Code to end loop(not shown here) goes here.
}

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use

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
    char word[20];
   
    cout<<"Enter a word : ";
    cin>> word;

    if(strcmp(word, "quit"))  //strcmp compares two strings
                                            //it compares the char word with
                                      //quit,  just don't forget to include stdio
    {
            return 0;
    }
    return 0;
}

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you could also using string.h for strcmp

It doesnt work... as in it recognizes strcmp, but it doesn't work...

Code:

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if(strcmp(command, "quit"))
        {
                running = false;
        }

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That right?

Try either:

Code:

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if (strcmp(command, "quit") == 0)
{
        running = false;
}

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Or:

Code:

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if (!strcmp(command, "quit"))
{
        running = false;
}

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Attention! Use the string class instead, it supports strings with all relational operators. Thus,

Code:

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string word;
cin >> word;

if(word == "quit")
{
//do whatever you want
}

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works just fine!

string is unidentified blah blah blah...

Try putting this at the top (use string, not string.h).

Code:

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#include <string>

using namespace std;

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string is good, but compilers like to b*tch about string a lot for some reason