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mohd safwan
mohd safwan

Reputation: 13

Compare an input array with string

How can use the proper code to compare an input array with string?

#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
#include<stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  char user[30] ;
  string nama[5]="ali33,abu123,ahmad456,kasim123,rahmat123";
  int w,i ;

  cout<<"username : ";
  cin>>user[30];

  for(i=0;i>=0;++i)
  {
    w=strcmp(nama[i],user);
  }

I'm using Dev-C++, and the error is on this line:

w=strcmp(nama[i],user)

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 847

Answers (2)

Awais
Awais

Reputation: 319

`strcmp()`**is used when comparing c-string data types. Convert your char data type to string and use compare function as illustrated below**`

int main()
{
    char user[30];
    string nama[5] = { "ali33","abu123","ahmad456","kasim123","rahmat123" };
    int w = -99;
    int i;

    cout << "username : ";
    cin >> user[30];

    string temp(user);

    for (i = 0; i < 5;  i++)
    {
        w = nama[i].compare(temp);
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Tony Delroy
Tony Delroy

Reputation: 106076

I suggest you study this:

std::vector<string> nama = { "ali33", "abu123", "ahmad456",
                             "kasim123", "rahmat123" };
string user;
cout << "username : ";
int w = -1;
if (cin >> user)
{
    for(int i = 0; i < nama.size(); ++i)
        if (nama[i] == user)
             w = i;
    if (w != -1)
        std::cout << user << " found at [" << w << "]\n";
    else
        std::cout << user " not found\n";
}

Notes: use std::vector not arrays until you understand the differences, and std::string for any text. You could use the C++ Standard Library function std::find() to see if the user value appears in nama, but it's good to learn how to write a loop and do things yourself too.

Upvotes: 1

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