why this if statements fails??!?

[PaulWendt]

param is a char*; that's basically just an integer as far as the
computer is concerned. Basically, what's happening is that the
compiler is comparing the addresses of the two pointers. To
compare char*'s, you must use the function strcmp():

char* str1 = "hi";
char* str2 = "hi2";

if (strcmp(str1, str2) == 0)
{
   // strings are equal in here
}
else if (strcmp(str1, str2) < 0)
{
   // str1 is less than str2 in h ere
}
else
{
   // str2 is less than str1 in here
}

--Paul