could someone tell me why the following source code outputs NOT EQUAL instead of hi ?

    

void fn(char* c)
{
  if(c == "hi")
     cout << "EQUAL";
   else 
     cout << c;
}


int main()
{
   char str[1][3];
   strcpy(str[0],"hi");

   fn(str[0]);

   return(0);
}

    

thanks, skitzo_smurf

That''s because "c" is a pointer to the first char in your string, and not the STRING itself. In order to check if two strings are the same, you can use the strcmp() funcy... it''s used as follows...

    void fn(char* c){  if(strcmp(c, "hi") == 0)     cout << "EQUAL";   else      cout << c;}int main(){   char str[3] = "hi";   fn(str);   return(0);}    

Hope this helps!


..-=ViKtOr=-..

By having

(c == "hi")

you are comparing the address of c to "hi" not the content of c. The comparison will never be equal. Instead try

(strcmp(c,"hi") == 0)

That will work.