Comparing two strings in C? [duplicate]

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To compare two C strings (char *), use strcmp(). The function returns 0 when the strings are equal, so you would need to use this in your code:

if (strcmp(namet2, nameIt2) != 0)

If you (wrongly) use

if (namet2 != nameIt2)

you are comparing the pointers (addresses) of both strings, which are unequal when you have two different pointers (which is always the case in your situation).

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