(This is true for C, I assume this is true for C++)

As it's just a char, you'll want to use [u][b]single quotes[/b][/u].

"a" with double quotes is a string literal (like "abcdef").

'a' with single quotes is a character (so 'abcdef' would be invalid).

The compiler is complaining because "y" with double quotes is of type "const char *", whereas 'y' with single quotes is of type "char" (which can be compared to your char [i]response[/i] variable).

This is why the compiler printed an error about making comparisons between pointers and integers. The [i]response[/i] variable of type char is a type of integer, and "y" is a pointer to a string constant. Therefore, you were making a comparison between a pointer and an integer (which is not what you wanted in this case).

Easy fix:

[code]
char response;
cout <<"askjdune kksed? y/n\n";
cin>> response;
if (response == 'y')
{
/* Do Yes */
}
else if (response == 'n')
{
/* Do No */
}
else
{
/* Neither yes nor no. Print an error message or something. */
}
[/code]


If you use a char array for a full string, you use the strcmp function (look up strcmp for more information)


[code]
char *response;

cout <<"askjdune kksed? y/n\n";
cin>> response;

if (strcmp(response, "yes") == 0)
{
/* Yes */
}
else if (strcmp(response, "no") == 0)
{
/* no */
}
else
{
/* Error! */
}
[/code]


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