Ubuntu-Chicago Parsing argv in C++

[Eric O'Neal]

Heya, I was hoping you guys could help me with some novice programming
woes.  I'm trying to parse command-line options (I want to write the parser
myself for the experience), and somehow am stuck up on... well... I dunno,
but it's not working.

The logic in my code is comparable to the following sample:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
    {
        cout << "*Debug: Parsing(" << argv[i] << ")" << endl;
        if (argv[i] == "greetings")
        {
            cout << "Found: greetings" << endl;
        }
        else if (argv[i] == "g")
        {
            cout << "Found: g" << endl;
        }
        else
        {
            cout << "Invalid" << endl;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

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The above compiles fine with GCC v4.0.1 into a binary named "sandbox".  But
when I run it:

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$ ./sandbox greetings
*Debug: Parsing(greetings)
Invalid
*Debug: Parsing(g)
Invalid

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I though I had something working earlier, but whatever I changed broke it.
Help?

SigmaX

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