From: "D Borland" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: strings i think...? Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 04:15:59 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.105.66.250 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT ntlworld DOT com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 980655214 213.105.66.250 (Sun, 28 Jan 2001 04:13:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 04:13:34 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com ok, here he deal... how do i do this... i want to have the user input say 'bike green suzuki' and the program would search it's list of vehicles say... problem i have though is this... i can't fiqure out if here is some sort of easy method(s) to comparing the user input to say another string that th program read from a file, and check to see if they match. Without it mattering the order of the users description, e.g. user types: 'bike green suzuki' programs string: 'green bike suzuki' can anyone help me with this, problem or even if you can only through a few suggestions my way...? thanks for your time ';'