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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:20:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT shellworld DOT net>
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Subject: Re: C/C++ switch statement question
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First, put an error message in as default: value for switch.  Then you
might try an integer cast for the string value before switch gets to have
the variable.



On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Richard Dawe wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Chris Mantoulidis wrote:
> > in my c++ program i use the switch statement with a string parameter.
> > for example
> >
> > string s;
> > cin >> s;
> > switch (s)
> > {
> > .......
> > }
> >
> > but i get an error saying "switch quantity not an integer"... probably
> > the switch needs an integer parameter and probably that's the same
> > with C (and a char * in the example).
> >
> > so... there is no way that i can use switch for a string?
> >
> > i have to use IF-ELSE???
>
> Yes.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Richard Dawe [ http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~phekda/richdawe/ ]
>
> "You can't evaluate a man by logic alone." -- McCoy, "I, Mudd", Star Trek
>