Buffer Character Comparision Issue

arkwind (1)
Hi basically the code gets the status of a gtk checkbox (unimportant) then writes "active" or "not active" to a char buffer, i then want to compare this buffer to the value "active" to run an if statement but it never is satisfied and i dont know why - here is my code.

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char redblackstatus[50];

gboolean active = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(redblackcheck));
sprintf(redblackstatus,"%s", active?"active":"not active");

if(redblackstatus == "active"){

/* this never runs even if it is active */

}


i have also tried

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char redblackstatus[50];
char activestore[50];

gboolean active = gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(redblackcheck));
sprintf(redblackstatus,"%s", active?"active":"not active");
sprintf(activestore,"%s", active?"active":"pass");

if(redblackstatus == "active"){

/* this once again isn't satisfied when the button is active */

}



im really stuck with this and my project has come to a stand still with this issue - thanks for your time
kempofighter (1183)
You have to use a function from the c run time library. You cannot use operator == to compare a char* to a string. You need to use strcmp. Either that or make redBlackStatus a std::string. std::string supports operator==.
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