String::Compare

NeedHelp · #1 (**permalink**) 07-19-2006, 05:31 PM

Something that has always annoyed me about managed C++ is not having the ability to compare strings like

Code:

String^ c = "this";
String^ d = "that";

if (c == d) {}

instead you have to use code like

Code:

String^ c = "this";
String^ d = "that";

if (String::Compare(c,d) == 0) {
....
}

Why is this? And why does 0 equal true? hasn't 1 always been the value that equals true? Why did they have to change the entire language. It doesn't even resemble ANSI C++.

**Jordan** · #2 (**permalink**) 07-20-2006, 06:08 PM

Not sure why they changed it like that but it annoys me as well. True is now 0 because anything other than 0 is false. That means it can be -12000 or 100 to be false.

brackett · #3 (**permalink**) 07-27-2006, 03:01 PM

Uhh...doesn't strcmp use the same returns?

RobSoftware · #4 (**permalink**) 07-28-2006, 06:00 PM

Its not just String::Compare but everything now returns 0 for true in managed C++.

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