Why does this not compare 2 strings and how do I fix it?

[Alex T]

This is a class in my code:

#include <string>

typedef unsigned short ushort;
using namespace std;

class numvalue
{
private:
	ushort day;
	ushort month;
	ushort year;
	char number;
	string str_month;
	string curdate;

public:
	numvalue(){};
	
	ushort getmonth(string curdate)
 	{
		str_month = curdate.substr(0,3); //get first 3 chars
		
		if (str_month.c_str() == "Jan") month = 1;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Feb") month = 2;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Mar") month = 3;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Apr") month = 4;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "May") month = 5;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Jun") month = 6;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Jul") month = 7;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Aug") month = 8;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Sep") month = 9;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Oct") month = 10;
		else if (str_month.c_str() == "Nov") month = 11;
		else month = 12;

		return month;
	};

	ushort getday(string curdate)
	{
		number = curdate.at(5);
		day = (int) number - 48;
		number = curdate.at(4);
		day += 10 * ((int) number - 48);

		return day;
	};

	ushort getyear(string curdate)
	{
		number = curdate.at(11);
		year = (int) number - 48;
		number = curdate.at(10);
		year += 10 * ((int) number - 48);
		number = curdate.at(9);
		year += 100 * ((int) number - 48);
		number = curdate.at(8);
		year += 1000 * ((int) number - 48);

		return year;
	};
};

However, when I compare the current month in the if statement, it does not work, goes like this:

1. str_month = "Oct"

but the code does not go to the month value, and returns 12? Why and how do I fix this?

[Alex T]

Nevermind, I figured it out:

I can't use c_str();