Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:16:42 +0300 (IDT)
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Subject: Re: Argument problem
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Tom Beauchamp wrote:

> int main(int argc, char *args[]) {
>     if (args[1] == "hello") cout<<"Hello";
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> Produces no output when called with "program hello". Why not?

You cannot compare strings with the "==" operator.  You need to use 
strcmp or some similar function instead.