gamerfelipe

Okay. I am a relatively new programmer here. I was wondering about the switch statement. Is it possible to use test a string in the switch statement like this:


Thanks

DaWei

No. In C, the switch expression must be integral, and the case expression must be a constant expression that is integral. In C++ they must be integral or have a class type that has an unambiguous conversion to integral type.

Furthermore, there is no such thing as 'House'. Single quotes are used to indicate single characters, such a 'H'. Double quotes are used to indicate strings of characters, such as "House."

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RGCaldas

But you can use something like this

char string[][] = {{"House"},{"Car"},{"City"}};
int op;

op = [funtion to get option]
switch (op){
case 0: ... House
case 1: ... Car
case 2: ... City
}


Hope it helps

DaWei

It just confuses me. Is House a variable that you haven't shown a definition for? It certainly isn't the same thing as "House".

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RGCaldas

House Car and City, would be the code He needs for each case.

gamerfelipe

Well actually, house, car, and city aren't really anything. They're just examples

Thanks for the input