Turbo C++ ignoring if and else if statements and jumping to else when using a char

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I'm a student(newbie) and everything I've learned, I just applied here but string isn't clearly explained by our instructor. So I'm having problem with this code it doesn't accept the if else if and jumps on else. I'm using Turbo C++. I'm wondering what is wrong with here, since I'm totally newbie with these. Thank you in advance

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{

clrscr();

char user[50],pass[50];

cout<< "Username: ";
gets(user);
cout<< "Password: ";
gets(pass);

if (user=="user" && pass=="pass"){
cout<< "ACCESS GRANTED";
}else if (user=="user"){
cout<< "Wrong Password";
}else if (pass=="pass"){
cout<< "Wrong Username";
}else
cout<< "Wrong Username and Password";

getch();

}

Consider using `std::string` which *does* allow `==` with string literals. — Bathsheba, Sep 15 '15 at 14:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '15 at 14:02

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I can't find it, but this is clearly a duplicate and has nothing to do with the turbo C++ compiler. In C, you cannot compare strings that way. You need to do if (strcmp(user,"user") == 0) (strcmp returns 0 if the two strings are equal, otherwise it returns a positive or negative to indicate which is alphabetically "first")

answered Sep 15 '15 at 14:02

Foon

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(And dandan78's search foo is clearly better than mine this morning) – Foon Sep 15 '15 at 14:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '15 at 14:02

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In short: you cannot compare char[] using operator ==.

You should replace == with strcmp

answered Sep 15 '15 at 14:02

Galimov Albert

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Turbo C++ ignoring if and else if statements and jumping to else when using a char

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