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am trying to make a check

Abanoup (27)
am trying to make name check if it's 'Abanoup' it says it works if not it says didnot but i have a prob 


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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    char name;
    cout << "Please Submit your name??" << endl;
    cin >> name;
    if (name = "Abanoup")
    {
        cout << "worked" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "didnot work"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

it says 
error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char [8]'
Bazzy (6281)
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zhiyuanhou (7)
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    string name;
    cout << "Please Submit your name??" << endl;
    cin >> name;
    if (name = "Abanoup")
    {
        cout << "worked" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "didnot work"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}
Bazzy (6281)
that would be still wrong
Abanoup (27)
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    string name;
    cout << "Please Submit your name??" << endl;
    cin >> name;
    if (name = "Abanoup")
    {
        cout << "worked" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "didnot work"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

error C2451: conditional expression of type 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>' is illegal
Bazzy (6281)
read the second link i gave you
Abanoup (27)
why can not i use it like this 
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char name;
name= "abanoup";
?
Bazzy (6281)
"ababnoup" is not a single character literal
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zhiyuanhou (7)
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    char name[100];
    cout << "Please Submit your name??" << endl;
    cin >> name;
    if (strcmp(name , "Abanoup")==0)
    {
        cout << "worked" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "didnot work"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}


or
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    string name;
    cout << "Please Submit your name??" << endl;
    cin >> name;
    if (name == "Abanoup")
    {
        cout << "worked" <<endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "didnot work"<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}

zhiyuanhou (7)
I am a Chinese.
I am sorry that my English is very poor,so I can only reply to you with code.
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Abanoup (27)
zhiyuanhou
I am a Chinese.
I am sorry that my English is very poor,so I can only reply to you with code.


thnx bro :)
zhiyuanhou (7)

thnx bro :)


that's all right.
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