Compare GUID with string

[cspoon]

Hi all.
Im an absolute noob and having trouble comparing a GUID with a String in c++.
code:

if(typeGUID == "7c5a9de3") {
printf("match found!");
}

error:
error C2679: binary '==' : no operator defined which takes a right-hand operand of type 'char [9]' (or there is no acceptable conversion)

I tried to convert (GUID>string or string>GUID) but no such luck.
Any ideas ?

[redhead]

I've moved the thread here, since GUID is part of the Win32 API, in order to compare a GUID structure with a string type, you need to use the CoCreateGUID function.

...
HRESULT hr = NULL;
GUID guid;
int guid_len;
wchar_t guid_ch[9];
...
hr = CoCreateGuid (&guid);
if (FAILED (hr)) 
  return NULL;
guid_len = ::StringFromGUID2 (guid, guid_ch, 9);
if (guid_len == 0)
  return E_FAIL;
if(guid_ch == "7c5a9de3")
  std::cout << "match found!" << std::endl;
...