I wanted to compare a string to a string literal; something like this:
if (string == "add")
Do I have to declare "add" as a string or is it possible to compare in a similar way?
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In C++ the
std::stringclass implements the comparison operators, so you can perform the comparison using==just as you would expect:When used properly, operator overloading is an excellent C++ feature.