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> From: cmad_x AT yahoo DOT com (Chris Mantoulidis)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 30 Nov 2003 08:40:03 -0800
> 
> 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???

Right.  C and C++ cannot compare strings except by calling functions
(such as strcmp).