After using cin.getline(), is it possible to compare the output to a string, and if so, how?

Question

The sololearn cpp tutorial just teaches the basics and not stuff like taking userinput that includes spaces and periods. I looked up how to take that input, but when I compared that to a string, it returned false.

Answer 1

In c++ there are 2 different versions of getline() available. There is cin.getline() (or std::istream::getline()) and std::getline(). cin.getline() is a C function and will result in a C string where getline() is for C++ string types.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/istream/istream/getline/

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/getline/

With a C string you need to use the strcmp() function to compare C strings.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstring/strcmp/

With a C++ string you can use the strings compare method in addition to using relational operators.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/compare/

Answer 2

Thank you!