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How to find if a string is equal to another from a list in C++

I'm making a Latin translator and I need some help. So the way I've done this is I've separated each word from a phrase the user inputs into separate strings. I also have a class where i just list all of the Latin words and its translation for example: string ac = "and"; and string accedo = "approach";

I want a way to check for example the first word to all the words from the list to find what the translation is, without adding an if statement for every word.

Solution

  • You can use a std::map like this

    #include <map>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::map<std::string, std::string> words;

    words["ac"] = "and";
    words["acedo"] = "approach";


    std::cout << "ac = " << words["ac"] << '\n';
    std::cout << "acedo = " << words["acedo"] << '\n';
}