Help comparing Strings

Hello!

I'm trying to modify a program to read a website and activate a pin if a message is found.

I'm having trouble with the comparison, and from looking around it seems it is stored as a pointer or something like that. How can I fix this?

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
boolean requested;                   // whether you've made a request since connecting
long lastAttemptTime = 0;            // last time you connected to the server, in milliseconds
boolean garage_status = false;
String currentLine = "";            // string to hold the text from server
String tweet = "";                  // string to hold the tweet
boolean readingTweet = false; 
String out="";
// Enter a MAC address for your controller below.
// Newer Ethernet shields have a MAC address printed on a sticker on the shield
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
// if you don't want to use DNS (and reduce your sketch size)
// use the numeric IP instead of the name for the server:
//IPAddress server(74,125,232,128);  // numeric IP for Google (no DNS)
char server[] = "gusat92.wix.com";    // name address for Google (using DNS)

// Set the static IP address to use if the DHCP fails to assign
IPAddress ip(10,32,153,88);

// Initialize the Ethernet client library
// with the IP address and port of the server 
// that you want to connect to (port 80 is default for HTTP):
EthernetClient client;

void setup() {
 // Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
 pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
    currentLine.reserve(256);
  tweet.reserve(150);
   while (!Serial) {
    ; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
  }

  // start the Ethernet connection:
  if (Ethernet.begin(mac) == 0) {
    Serial.println("Failed to configure Ethernet using DHCP");
    // no point in carrying on, so do nothing forevermore:
    // try to congifure using IP address instead of DHCP:
    Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
  }
  // give the Ethernet shield a second to initialize:
  delay(1000);
  Serial.println("connecting...");

  // if you get a connection, report back via serial:
  if (client.connect(server, 80)) {
    Serial.println("connected");
    // Make a HTTP request:
    client.println("GET /garage?_escaped_fragment_ HTTP/1.1");
    client.println("Host: gusat92.wix.com");
    client.println("Connection: close");
    client.println();
  } 
  else {
    // kf you didn't get a connection to the server:
    Serial.println("connection failed");
  }
}

void loop()
{
  if (client.connected()) {
    if (client.available()) {
      // read incoming bytes:
      char inChar = client.read();

      // add incoming byte to end of line:
      currentLine += inChar; 

      // if you get a newline, clear the line:
      if (inChar == '\n') {
        currentLine = "";
      } 
      // if the current line ends with <text>, it will
      // be followed by the tweet:
      if ( currentLine.endsWith("\"Text\">")) {
        // tweet is beginning. Clear the tweet string:
        readingTweet = true; 
        tweet = "";
      }
      // if you're currently reading the bytes of a tweet,
      // add them to the tweet String:
      if (readingTweet) {//
        if (inChar != '&') {
          
          String(tweet + inChar);
        }
        else {
          // if you got a "<" character,
          // you've reached the end of the tweet:
          readingTweet = false;
          Serial.println(tweet);
          out=String(tweet);
          Serial.println(tweet.length());
          //if(strcmp("    <h2 class=\"font_2\">Opener", "    <h2 class=\"font_2\">Opener")==0){
          if(strcmp(out, out)==0){//PART GIVING ME TROUBLE
           digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
           delay(5000);
           Serial.println("LED ON!");
           garage_status=true;
           digitalWrite(2, LOW);
          }
          else {Serial.println("no out");}
          if(tweet != "    <h2 class=\"font_2\">Closer" && garage_status==true){
           digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
           delay(5000);
           Serial.println("LED OFF!");
           garage_status=false;
           digitalWrite(3, LOW);
          }
          
          // close the connection to the server:
          client.stop(); 
        }
      }
    }   
  }
}

It gives me this error message

sketch_nov24cr.ino: In function 'void loop()':
sketch_nov24cr:114: error: cannot convert 'String' to 'const char*' for argument '1' to 'int strcmp(const char*, const char*)'

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

if(strcmp(out, out)==0){//PART GIVING ME TROUBLE

Have you looked at the below?

Given your code:

if(strcmp(out, out)==0){//PART GIVING ME TROUBLE

why would comparing a string to itself give something other than 0?

        if (inChar != '&') {
          
          String(tweet + inChar);
        }

If the character is an &, piss away some more resources creating an instance of the String class, but don't store it anywhere. How useful.

Someday, I'm sure you'll grow up and ditch the String class.