C Command Processing <Sorted>

[señorbadger]

Hi again

i want to make my application allow the user to enter set commands,
i cant seem to get it to use a switch statement to find out what was entered

here is an example

	char cnd[4];
	cnd = strncpy(cmddata,0,4);

switch(cnd)
	{
	     case "HELP"
                printf("here is a list of the commands");
              case "STOP"
	}
}

thanks again

[SLH]

You cannot use a switch statement with a char array, since it will comapre the pointers, not the data.

use if....else if statements and the strcmp function.

also, just FYI with a switch statement the code continues after the case statement, i.e. with the code you have it'd print that message, then do the code for "STOP". You need a break statement after it.