Hello 2 questions.....

1) I just tried to code a switch statement with a stribg but my compiler throws up error messages....

2) Is they anyway I can convert a string to an int and then back to a string?

cheers

Post some code...

switch statements work only on integer values.
In Java the values you switch on also are required to be constant values (either integer literals or defined constant values), C++ might be more relaxed about that.

If the string represent an integer (for example "1") you can use itoa to turn it into an int.
If it doesn't there's no easy way, but you could use a hashtable with the strings as keys and integer constants as values and switch on the value found in that hashtable.

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstring> //string header

using namespace std;

int main()

{

int a = 0; //set to 1 if found
int b = 0; //set to 1 if found

char string[] = "Hello";
char string2[10];

cin >> string2;

switch (string2)
{
case 'hello':

if (string2 == "hello")
cout << "Its identical to string" <<endl;
break;

case 'GOODBYE':

if (string2 == "GOODBYE")
cout << "string 2 says goodbye , string 1 says hello"<<endl;
break;

}

return 0;

}
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since this doesnt work I thougt that if i convert the string entered from char to numbers (ints) i could use an if

if a ==435
cout<< "true";
else
cout << "false";

kinda thing

I see... For switch see jwenting's post.
For comparing strings, use strcmp not ==

umm... ok can you not convert the chars into numbers?

If you just want a more readable switch/case, simply use enumerations.
[php]// example of enumeration enum name { list, ....... }

#include <stdio.h> // in/out and file functions

enum days { sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat }; // sun = 0 etc.

int main()
{
enum days week;

for (week = sun; week <= sat; week++) { // used like integer constants
// enumerations make switch/case easier to read
switch (week) {
case sun : puts("Sunday"); break;
case mon : puts("Monday"); break;
case tue : puts("Tuesday"); break;
case wed : puts("Wednesday"); break;
case thu : puts("Thursday"); break;
case fri : puts("Friday"); break;
case sat : puts("Saturday"); break;
}
}
getchar();
return 0;
}
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cool.... thanks mate now i can continue my conquer in the world of c++ I do hope you guys dont mind me posting this stuff just trying to deepen my knowledge of c


could this be adatped to say if xxxx is entered into string??

Please make this conquest a little more clear ...

Sorry could this be adapted , so that a string of charatcers are entered, ie say Monday, and it returns something? I'm just wondering since you've used
"puts" what ever that means...

i was thinking something amoungst the lines

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#include < iostream>
#include < cstring>


enum days { sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat }; // sun = 0 etc.

int main()
{

char string[10];
cin << string;
enum days week;

for (week = sun; week <= sat; week++) { // used like integer constants
// enumerations make switch/case easier to read
switch (week) {
case sun :
cout << "Found sunday";
break;

case mon :
cout << "Found monday";
break;

case Tue :
cout << "found tuesday";
break;

default:
cout << "your string wasn't matched!";
break;
}
}
getchar();
return 0;
}
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