Using argv in C?

Question

For an assignment, I am required to have command line arguments for my C program. I\'ve used argc/argv before (in C++) without trouble, but I\'m unsure if C style strings ar

Answer 1

You can't use == to compare strings like that in C. That's just comparing the addresses of argv[1] and your literal, which are pretty much guaranteed to be different.

Use strcmp instead. eg:

if (!strcmp("-e", argv[1])) {