C++ Switch on Strings

[newby01]

i'm trying to get a switch statement to work with strings but I get an errror saying "switch quantity not an integer". Could someone please tell me how to fix the code below to make it work. P.S. It's jst a weird example i made not my assignment code.

Thanks heaps,
Roger

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int main(){
    string name = "Todd";
 
    switch(name){
 
    case "Kimmy":
         cout<<"Kimmy was here"<<endl;
         break;
    case "Todd":
         cout<<"The Todd was here"<<endl;
         break;
    case "Sammy":
         cout<<"Sammy was ere"<<endl;
         break;
    default:
            cout<<"Lights on, nobody home"<<endl;
            break;
    }
 
    cout<<"Press any key to continue"<<endl;
    getchar();
    return 0;
    }

[Laharl]

Switch requires something that can be cast to an integer as its test variable, so it would work with any of the builtin types besides an array. You'll have to use if/else statements for this.