comparing string with item

[mar11]

Hi all,

is there any way to compare string item, say given form in stream, with an object name.

Consider the following code

struct st{};

int main(){
st TestObject;
string STR;
cin >> STR >>endl;

// procedure or code to compare ONLY the NAMES of string and objects. 
// if(TestObject == STR
 )  
...
}

Any suggestion!!

[Zhuge]

What do you mean the "names" of st objects? That struct has no members to look at.

[Disch]

Like this?

if(STR == "TestObject")
{
  ...
}

[10oTURfi]

I think I know what he is trying to tell.

You cannot compare an objects identifier with string.
However what you can do is add a object of type string to class st, which will be the name of objects, then you compare if TestObject.name == "TestObject"

[mar11]

@krofna: You are right... That was what I am trying to say.

However, I should mention what is about if can not modify the class declaration by adding new member variable.

So how can I compare the objects identifier with an string?

Any suggestion?

[bluecoder]

I suppose it cannot be done , please correct me if i am wrong .

[10oTURfi]

@mar11

that is not possible