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From: flaps@utcsri.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: *\"LDA\" ok?
Message-ID: <5298@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 14:29:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcsri.5298
Posted: Sat Aug 22 14:29:50 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Aug-87 10:16:19 EDT
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Reply-To: flaps@utcsri.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal)
Organization: University of Toronto
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ADLER1@BRANDEIS.BITNET writes:
    (char opcode[something];)
>   if (*opcode == *"LDA") printf("Gotcha!\n");

This compares the first letter of opcode with the first letter of "LDA".
Not what you want.

Strings are not fundamental types in C.  You need a library function to compare
them.

    if(strcmp(opcode,"LDA") == 0)
	printf...

ajr <flaps@csri.toronto.edu> (also flaps at utorgpu on bitnet)

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