C++ multiple strings inside an if statement

Question

I\'m having an issue trying to check against multiple possibilities in an if statement.

The user inputs a string, and then I check that string against multiple possi

Answer 1

Using std::set and c++11 you can do one liner with similar syntax as your.

check this:

#include 
#include 
#include 

int main()
{

  if( (std::set{"Seven", "seven", "7"}).count("seven") )
  {
      std::cout << "foo\n";
  }

  std::string theString("6");

  if( (std::set{"Six", "six", "6"}).count(theString) )
  {
      std::cout << "bar\n";
  }
}