| XxGunMastaxX (16) |  |
do string statements work with strings? i seem to have problems with that...
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| Disch (2148) | |
| Nope. Switch only works with integer types. |
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| XxGunMastaxX (16) | |
| ok that helps X) thnx! |
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| Duoas (3498) | |
Though you can do stuff to switch on a string fairly simply. Here's the relevant part of an old post of mine:
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#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <functional>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
const char* months[] =
{
"jan", "feb", "mar", "apr", "may", "jun",
"jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov", "dec"
};
int main()
{
string user_input;
cout << "Please type the name of your favorite month> " << flush;
getline( cin, user_input );
// We're only interested in the first three characters
user_input += "---"; // (but make sure there actually are three...)
user_input.erase( 3 );
// Convert user's input to lowercase
transform(
user_input.begin(),
user_input.end(),
user_input.begin(),
ptr_fun <int, int> ( tolower )
);
// Find the index of the matching month
int month = find(
months,
months +12,
user_input
)
- months;
if (month < 12)
cout << "The month number is " << (month +1) << ".\n";
else
cout << "That was not a month name.\n";
return 0;
}
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Hope this helps.
[edit]
Oh, so to finish it, just switch on the value calculated using the std::find() algorithm. |
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