C++ Comparison of String Literals

Question

I\'m a c++ newbie (just oldschool c). My son asked for help with this and I\'m unable to explain it. If he had asked me \"how do I compare strings\" I would have told hi

Answer 1

You are comparing memory addresses. The example that follow explains how to compare 2 strings:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include 
#include  //prototype for strcmp()

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
 using namespace std;

 cout << strcmp("A", "Z"); // will print -1
 cout << strcmp("Z", "A"); // will print 1

 return 0;
}