macOS Cannot convert from const char to const char*

[Aranince]

I'm trying to get a char from an std::string and see what it's value is. The error is on the line of the if statement. Cannot convert from `const char' to `const char*'

    const char done = taskdata.at(1);
    if(strncmp(done, "*", 1) == 0)
        m_done = true;
    else
        m_done = false;

 

[iSee]

strncmp is for comparing strings of characters. To compare one character to another, you can just do it directly:

if (done == '*')
  m_done = true;
else
  m_done = false;

or even just:

m_done = (done == '*');

Notice how a character literal is surrounded by single quotes (while a string literal is surrounded by double-quotes).

 

[Aranince]

Awesome! Thanks for your help.