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From: Thomas8675309 AT yahoo DOT com (Tom)
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Subject: Re: C/C++ switch statement question
Date: 1 Dec 2003 07:50:36 -0800
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Jude DaShiell wrote:

> First, put an error message in as default: value for switch.  Then you
> might try an integer cast for the string value before switch gets to have
> the variable.

This won't work.  You can't cast a std::string to an int.  You can't
even use this hack with const char*, because two const char* pointers
that point to equivalent values will probably be stored at different
locations.

Best regards,

Tom