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From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: C/C++ switch statement question
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Hello.

Chris Mantoulidis wrote:
> in my c++ program i use the switch statement with a string parameter.
> for example
> 
> string s;
> cin >> s;
> switch (s)
> {
> .......
> }
> 
> but i get an error saying "switch quantity not an integer"... probably
> the switch needs an integer parameter and probably that's the same
> with C (and a char * in the example).
> 
> so... there is no way that i can use switch for a string?
> 
> i have to use IF-ELSE???

Yes.

Regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~phekda/richdawe/ ]

"You can't evaluate a man by logic alone." -- McCoy, "I, Mudd", Star Trek