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I am very new at C++ and deeply appreciate your help!
I am trying to make a 'If' condition for a string, that is, for example:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string message = "HELP";
int password;
cout<<"Please enter password";
cin<<password;
if (password = message);
}
else {
cout<<"Please try again...";
}
cin.ignor()
}
However Int is not for strings I believe and of course on Code::Blocks it posts the error that it doesn't function in such case. So basicaly just when someone on C++ saves a variable for int X; X = 3; for example, how can we do that with letters so that I can pop if condition message boxes!
Again thanks for helping! =D

Answer 1

= is assignment. == is comparision. Also, don't put semicolon after the if statement.

Answer 2

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string message = "HELP";
string password;
cout << "Please enter password";
cin >> password;
if (password != message)
{
cout << "Please try again...";
}
return 0;
}
Should work a little better.

Answer 3

This is the first problem:
int password;
The data type of password should be std::string as well, because message is std::string (which contains the valid password).
So the first fix is this:
std::string password;
Second problem is that you're using '=' in if. Use '==' (equality operator), not '=' (assignment operator).

Answer 4

First off, if you want the password to be anything, not just a number, use std::string.
To compare two values, use == NOT =.
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::string s1("First string");
std::string s2("Second string");
if(s1 != s2) {
std::cout << "Strings don't match!" << std::endl;
}
}
In your code, you also didn't properly close all blocks and misspelled cin.ignore().

Answer 5

What you probably want to do is:
#include <iostream>
// using namespace std; don't do this (its just lazy)
// Also its a bad habit to get into.
int main()
{
std::string message = "HELP";
// int password; I assume you want a password to be a string
std::string password;
std::cout << "Please enter password"\n; // Added \n to make it print nicely.
// cin<<password; The << is wrong should be >>
//
// Bu this reads a single word (separated by spaces).
// If you want the password to hold multiple words then you need
// to read the line.
std::getline(std::cin, password);
// if (password = message); This is assignment. You assign message to password.
// Also the ';' here means that nothing happens
// if it was true
//
// You are then trying to test the result of the
// assignment which luckily does not work.
// Use the '==' to test for equality.
if (password == message)
{
}
else
{
cout << "Please try again...";
}
// cin.ignor() This does nothing.
// What you are trying to do is get the program to wait
// for user input. You should do something like this:
std::cin.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max()); // Flush the buffer
std::cout << "Hit enter to continue\n";
std::cin.get();
}

Answer 6

You used the wrong operator on the if condition. You used = which is the assignment operator. You need to use == which is comparison. You also have a semi-colon after the if which doesn't belong and your braces for the statements aren't right,