I''m working on an IRC bot and I want to check the first character of the message to see if it''s a carret. Right now, I have this line: if (msg->m_lpszPlainText[0]=="^") //error It responds with an indirection error (I think) and says it can''t convert a char * to int. How can I fix this? -- WNDCLASSEX Reality; ... ... Reality.lpfnWndProc=ComputerGames; ... ... RegisterClassEx(&Reality); Unable to register Reality...what''s wrong? --------- Dan Upton Lead Designer WolfHeart Software

I''ve had this problem before, you see you said this:


if (msg->m_lpszPlainText[0]=="^")

you should write

draqza I''m working on an IRC bot and I want to check the first character of the message to see if it''s a carret. Right now, I have this line:

if (msg->m_lpszPlainText[0]==''^'')

notice the use of '' '' instead of " " quotes ? Use single quotations and you should be alright. I can''t explain exactly what the error means and why u should use single quotes but it should work, especially when you are comparing a single character.
Hope I helped


Dark Star

Hi!
That''s quite an easy issue.
Just change the "^" into a ''^''.
That will make the difference. Another way would be to look into the ASCII-Table and take the int-value for the specific character.
But let me give you one tip: Use the std::string class as often as possible when you need string manipulation and comparisson.
That will make life much more easy and powerful for you.
Hope I could help you with that.

Cu,
Florian

I feel kind of stupid about that...I thought about trying single quotes but must have gotten sidetracked. Anyway, thanx for your help!

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But let me give you one tip: Use the std::string class as often as possible when you need string manipulation and comparisson.

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do you mean strcmp()? I thought about trying that, too, but decided to put off the rest of my coding until I'd be able to connect and test it.

Edited by - draqza on April 27, 2001 9:36:27 AM

> if (msg->m_lpszPlainText[0]=="^") //error

Simple!

Just change the "^" to ''^''
"^" is a char pointer, ''^'' is a value

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