[soroush]

Write a Boolean expression that is true when the bool variable moon has the value "blue" or the value "Blue"?
doesn't work well

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	bool check =true;
	
	string moon;
	moon="Blue";
	string ::size_type pos;
	pos=moon.find('B');
	
	if(true==pos)
		cout<<"found";
	else
		cout<<"not found";


system("pause");
	return 0;
}

*** MOD EDIT: Fixed code tags. ***

This post has been edited by JackOfAllTrades: 06 March 2009 - 02:43 PM

[JackOfAllTrades]

A bool variable cannot have a value other than true or false. If that's your actual assignment, your teacher is an idiot.

string::find returns a number, the index to the character if it's found. It's equal to npos if the character is not found.

[soroush]

JackOfAllTrades, on 6 Mar, 2009 - 01:47 PM, said:

A bool variable cannot have a value other than true or false. If that's your actual assignment, your teacher is an idiot.

string::find returns a number, the index to the character if it's found. It's equal to npos if the character is not found.

I'm learng C++ from a book!and it's a question in the text book!how can I make it work in any way by using boolean?please help

[sparkart]

I think you read it wrong because it is impossible for a bool variable to contain a string value.

It can only contain a boolean value which is:

0
1
false
true

[soroush]

e_barroga, on 6 Mar, 2009 - 01:55 PM, said:

I think you read it wrong because it is impossible for a bool variable to contain a string value.

It can only contain a boolean value which is:

0
1
false
true

I didn't read it wrong!

[KYA]

Maybe you all are reading too much into it?

int main( )  
{
   string moon = "blue";
   if(!(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "blue")) || !(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "Blue")))
	   cout << "string is blue!\n";
   else
	   cout << "string is not blue!\n";

	return 0;
}

To add the boolean:

int main( )  
{
   string moon = "blue";
   boolean isBlue;
   if(!(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "blue")) || !(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "Blue")))
	   isBlue = true;
   else
	  isBlue = false;

//do something with isBlue down here?

	return 0;
}

This post has been edited by KYA: 06 March 2009 - 03:02 PM

[soroush]

soroush, on 6 Mar, 2009 - 01:59 PM, said:

e_barroga, on 6 Mar, 2009 - 01:55 PM, said:

I think you read it wrong because it is impossible for a bool variable to contain a string value.

It can only contain a boolean value which is:

0
1
false
true

I didn't read it wrong!

YES I DID!!!!!I LOVE C++

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	bool check;
	string moon;
	moon="Blue";
	string ::size_type pos;
	pos=moon.find('b');
	
	if(pos!=4294967295)
		check=true;
	else 
		check=false;

		if(check)
		   cout<<"found";
		else
		   cout<<"not found";
	return 0;
}

[Bench]

You can assign the result of a boolean expression directly to a bool object; which means you can do this instead

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    using namespace std;

    string moon = "Blue";
    bool check = moon.find('B') != string::npos;

    if( check )
        cout << "Found";
    else
        cout << "not found";
} 

the result of moon.find('B') != string::npos as a true/false value can be directly assigned to check; Any expression which can exist as part of an if condition can be assigned to a bool.

KYA, on 6 Mar, 2009 - 10:00 PM, said:

   if(!(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "blue")) || !(strcmp(moon.c_str(), "Blue")))

There's no need to use strcmp at all - the whole point of having overloaded operators in the string type is to allow expressions like if( moon == "Blue" || moon == "blue" )

This post has been edited by Bench: 07 March 2009 - 02:03 AM