Question

I have a function to convert the first 3 letters of the month into a number (Jan = 1, Feb = 2, etc).

   int convertDate(char date[3])
    {
        printf("%s", date);
        if(date == 'Ian')
            return 1;
        else
        if(date == 'Feb')
            return 2;
        else
        if(date == 'Mar')
            return 3;
        else
        if(date == 'Apr')
            return 4;
        else
        if(date == 'Mai')
            return 5;
        else
        if(date == 'Iun')
            return 6;
        else
        if(date == 'Iul')
            return 7;
        else
        if(date == 'Aug')
            return 8;
        else
        if(date == 'Sep')
            return 9;
        else
        if(date == 'Oct')
            return 10;
        else
        if(date == 'Noi')
            return 11;
        else
        if(date == 'Dec')
            return 12;
        else return 0;
    }

But, in main() when I use:

printf("%d", convertDate("Ian"));

it returns 0 instead of 1. Same for any other month. Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Use strcmp() when comparing char*.

if (date == "Sep") compares the base address of the char*.