Comparing two strings in C? [duplicate]

Answer 1

For comparing 2 strings, either use the built in function strcmp() using header file string.h

if(strcmp(a,b)==0)
    printf("Entered strings are equal");
else
    printf("Entered strings are not equal");

OR you can write your own function like this:

int string_compare(char str1[], char str2[])
{
    int ctr=0;

    while(str1[ctr]==str2[ctr])
    {
        if(str1[ctr]=='\0'||str2[ctr]=='\0')
            break;
        ctr++;
    }
    if(str1[ctr]=='\0' && str2[ctr]=='\0')
        return 0;
    else
        return -1;
}

Answer 2

if(strcmp(sr1,str2)) // this returns 0 if strings r equal 
    flag=0;
else flag=1; // then last check the variable flag value and print the message 

                         OR

char str1[20],str2[20];
printf("enter first str > ");
gets(str1);
printf("enter second str > ");
gets(str2);

for(int i=0;str1[i]!='\0';i++)
{
    if(str[i]==str2[i])
         flag=0;
    else {flag=1; break;}
}

 //check the value of flag if it is 0 then strings r equal simple :)