how to directly convert char to numbers?

C++ convert char * to char?

• I've been trying to applying conditions so a users input so they should input a number followed by a letter i then extract and save both the number and letter section these have to by saved as char * types to use the cin.getline() i then need to convert the letter to a char type so i can use statements like (if letter==t then ....; but i cant use these operators with a char * nor can i convert the char * to a char. any ideas?

• Answer:

  You can de-reference the pointer! Try using it like this: if ( letter == *cptr) // where cptr is the char pointer { }