If condition correct but the program go to else????

Hi, I'm new here and need help with if problems.

Code:

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int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  list<char> charList; 
  vector<vectordata> myvector;   

  if (argc != 4) {
      printf("Syntax : euro file\n");
      return 0;
  }
 
  cout << argv[1];
  if ( argv[1] == "e" )
  {
  loadList2(charList, argv[2]);
  //printList(charList);
  loadList(myvector);
  encode(charList, myvector);
  printvectordata(vectorresult, argv[3]);
  return 0;
  }
  else
  {
  cout << "error" << endl;
  return 0;
  }
}

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The debug code shown that argv[1] value e
please help me
thanks

maybe I am a bit daft, but isn't the proper syntax for making a comparison in an if statement for a character 'e' instead of "e"? or is that some special property of passing in a parameter through int main. I am rather unfamiliar with that.

Ok thanks it's sloved

Or use strcmp().