Using the equality operator == to compare two strings for equality in C

Question

int main (int argc, **argv)
{
       if (argv[1] == \"-hello\")
            printf(\"True\\n\");
       else
            printf(\"False\\n\");
}

Answer 1

Strings are not native types in C. What you are comparing in that example are two pointers. One to your first argument, and the other is a static character array with the contents of "-hello".

You really want to use strncmp or something similar.