gloriasj8

Here is my code. I need to show that one string is found in another ex: sip is contained in mississippi, or pop is not contained in mississippi. both string must be cin by the keyboard.


#include <iostream>
#include <string>


using namespace std;

string compare( string str1, string str2);

int main(void)
{


string str1, str2;


cout<<"Enter the first string: ";
cin>>str1;

cout<<"Enter the string to search for: ";
cin>>str2;
string a = compare ( str1, str2);

cout<<"\n"<<str2<<" is contained in "<<str1
;
string b = compare ( str1, str2);
cout<<"\n"<<str1<<" is not contained in "<<str2;

return 0;

}

string compare( string str1, string str2)
{

if (str1 == str2 )
{
return 0;
}


else
{
str2.compare( str1 );
}


}

Indigno

That should be at the end of the line before it.
you didn't return a value for that function.

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DaWei

Just comparing the strings isn't going to get the job done. To locate a substring (if present), use strwhatever.find (). Additionally, your str2.compare would have covered your str1 == str2 condition. You only need one of those, depending upon whether or not you were looking for just equality or a complete relationship (<, ==, >).

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Indigno

I've never really used String. I've always used APString.

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