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Issues with char's and if and else

TheAnarchist (12)
Ok well, for a project I have to make a program that asks you questions. It's very simple. I ran into a problem; I made a char named "country" and I "made" it so it will ask "Where do you live" and if you say "Costa Rica" it will say "You live in Costa Rica! I do too", and if you say anything else it will say "You live in _____! I live in Costa Rica". Boom. simple right. nope. No matter what I type it will trigger "else". Please help!

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>
#ifdef __WIN32__
#include <windows.h>
#else
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    cout<<"Hi!\n";
    Sleep(300);
    string name;
    cout<<"What is Your name?\n";
    getline(cin, name);
    cout<<"Well hello "<<name<<" nice to meet you"<<endl;
    Sleep(800);
    string age;
    cout<<"How old are you?";
    cout<<endl;
    getline(cin, age);
    Sleep(800);
    cout<<"Oh you are "<<age<<" That's neat\n";
    cout<<"Let me ask you a question\n";
    Sleep(400);
    int MQ;
    cout<<"What's 3 plus 5?\n";
    cin>>MQ;
if (MQ == 8)
{
    cout<<"Your'e right! "<<MQ<<" Is the right answer!\n";
}
else if (MQ > 8)
 {
    cout<<MQ<<" is too high!\n";
 }
else
{
    cout<<MQ<<" is too low\n";
}

    char country[256];
    cout<<"OK well, Where do you live?\n";
    cin>>country;
if (country == "Costa Rica")
{
    cout<<"You live in "<<country<<", I do too!\n";
}
else
{
    cout<<"You live in "<<country<<", I live in Costa Rica\n";
}
}
AbstractionAnon (6954)
Line 47: char arrays don't support the equality operator (==). Use std::string instread.
TheAnarchist (12)
How would std::string be used in the "if" piece (i'm new to this :3)
TheAnarchist (12)
Nevermind
AbstractionAnon (6954)
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    string country;
    cout<<"OK well, Where do you live?\n";
    cin>>country;
    if (country == "Costa Rica")
    {   cout<<"You live in "<<country<<", I do too!\n";
    }

TheAnarchist (12)
Nope same result, I'm get "You live in Costa Rica! I live in Costa Rica" which is the "else" piece.
AbstractionAnon (6954)
Does your capitialization match? std::string compare is an exact match.
wildblue (1505)
cin by itself is just getting "Costa", it's not reading Rica after the space character. Try using the getline, and put in the ignore.

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    cin.ignore();
    getline(cin,country);
TheAnarchist (12)
Thank you so much guys, I got it too work!
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