How to use switch statement to read multi character string and output accordingly

Question

how to use switch to read multi character strings.? how should i initialize tht variable string that is to be inputted
Eg: #include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{ char reply[20];
cout<<"do u give up and agree tht you failed? Reply yes or no";
cin>>reply;
switch (reply)
{
case 'yes':cout<<"γ๑บ αяε รαƒε";
break;
case 'no':cout<<"ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｄｅａｄ　ｍｙ　ｂｏｙ" ;
break;

default: cout<<"reply properly";}
}

Answer 1

Switch statement in C++ works for data types with integral values only. Instead of strings, try using enum.

Answer 2

Alternatively you can use

switch (reply[0])
{
case 'y':
case 'Y':
// safe processing
break;
case 'n':
case 'N':
// dead processing
break;
default:
// response did not start with y or n
// process response message
break;
}

Answer 3

Thankz for replying. Im new to this and luckily i dont know how to use enum. I will learn that on the way. But can you plz share a sample program to use enum if have done..