I need help with the if statement

[senpaijay]

Is it possible to make it so an If statement can read string?
I tried to do this but it doesn't work. (Im an extremely new at C++)

  if (username == "jay");
     cout << "So jay is your name?" << endl; //I am not wanting anything else
//just a way of letting if run with string 

[switchy]

Try this.

if (username == "jay"){
    cout << "So jay is your name?" << endl;
} //I am not wanting anything else
//just a way of letting if run with string 

You do not need a semi-colon at the end of the line after an if statement.

[senpaijay]

It says opperand type is incompatible ("std::string" and "*char:")
https://gyazo.com/fbc44ff6371a371b69f1b83e0d2ed9fb

[switchy]

What have you declared username as?

[senpaijay]

char *const username = "jay";

[oy0Gy60M]

char *const username = "jay";

Use a string.

std::string username = "jay";

[senpaijay]

it says no operator "==" matches these operands "std::string"

[switchy]

This is what I have and I am getting no errors.

int main(){
	string username = "jay";
	if (username == "jay") {
		cout << "So jay is your name?" << endl;
	}
}