How can I check if a two strings are the same in C?

Question

I've just started learning C and I'm trying to get used to the syntax, so when I try to run the program and enter the value it doesn't return anything. I don't know what I did wrong. Can anyone help me please?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
    char pass[10]; //max length of the string;
    do{
        printf("enter your password: \n");
        scanf("%s",pass);
    }while(strcmp(pass,'*') != 0); //checks if strings are equal

    printf("%s",pass);


}

Answer 1

In C, single quotes are used for character constants. So '*' is not a string containing the character * but only the character * .

To specify a string, use double quotes.

 }while(strcmp(pass,"*") != 0);