Using if statments to compare characters

I wanted to know if it is possible to use if statements to compare characters. For example, suppose I wanted to write a program to respond differently to different char inputs. I can't seem to do this using if statemtents. Here is a sample code.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main(){
    char x;
    cout << "Enter a character\n";
    cin >> x;
    cin.ignore();
   
    if (x == y){
          cout << "You entered Y.\n";
          }
    if (x != y ){
          cout << "You didn't enter Y.\n";
          }
         
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

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When I compile this it results in an error that says it is the first time the char y is declared. So my question is, how do I compare char inputs using if statments? Is there another way to do this? Yes, I'm new to this... :(

You did not declare a variable y.
if you want to compare with the literal y use:

Code:

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if ( x == 'y' )

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Kurt

Thanks Zuk, that's just what I needed. :p