C++ Program to Compare Two Strings Using strcmp() Function

In this program, you'll learn how to compare two strings for equality using strcmp() function of string.

The strcmp() is the C library function compares the string pointed to, by str1 to the string pointed to by str2.

The function definition of strcmp() is:

int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2)

For example,

s1 = "Hello,"
s2 = "How are you?"

Then after string compare (means s1 == s2) the compiler will return false because both string are different.

Source Code

#include<iostream>
#include<string.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char st1[20],st2[20];
    cout<<"Enter first string : ";
    cin>> st1;
    cout<<"Enter second string: ";
    cin>> st2;
    if(strcmp(st1,st2)==0)
        cout<<"\nBoth strings are equal";
    else
        cout<<"\nStrings are not equal";
    return 0;
}