Thread: Printing text with functions in this practice problem

Hi guys, i was wondering about something here in this practice problem that i semi-completed i believe. it's from the book Jumping into c++ chapter 6 functions, question 1.

in the code below, i was wondering if there is a way to make a function that prints something. i wanted to make a function for

Code:

 cout << " PAUSE MENU " << endl;    cout << " 0. Resume Game " << endl;
    cout << " 1. Commands " << endl;
    cout << " 2. Controller Setup " << endl;
    cout << " 3. Bottles of Beer " << endl;
    cout << " 4. Quit " << endl;


    cout << " What is your Choice - ";
    cin >> userinput;

so i wouldn't have to retype it again in the loop, i would just call the function. but it seems whatever i try it doesn't display the text. i've tried making a function with no return time like this " Void Pausemenu(); " but that just goes blank.

thanks for any help or advice thanks.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


//This function displays different results based on the users input
int menu(int menuchoice);


int main()
{
    //Main variable that accepts the userinput
    int userinput;


    cout << " PAUSE MENU " << endl;
    cout << " 0. Resume Game " << endl;
    cout << " 1. Commands " << endl;
    cout << " 2. Controller Setup " << endl;
    cout << " 3. Bottles of Beer " << endl;
    cout << " 4. Quit " << endl;


    cout << " What is your Choice - ";
    cin >> userinput;


    menu(userinput);


    /*This checks whether the user entered a number
    Greater than 4 or less than 0 and loops */
    while( userinput < 0 || userinput > 4 )
        {


            cout << " \nPAUSE MENU " << endl;
            cout << " 0. Resume Game " << endl;
            cout << " 1. Commands " << endl;
            cout << " 2. Controller Setup " << endl;
            cout << " 3. Bottles of Beer " << endl;
            cout << " 4. Quit " << endl;


            cout << " What is your Choice - ";
            cin >> userinput;
            menu(userinput);


         }
}


int menu(int menuchoice)
{
    if ( menuchoice == 0 )
        {
            cout << " Game resumes and you win ";
        }
    else if ( menuchoice == 1 )
        {
            cout << " x = shoot, y = jump ";
        }
    else if ( menuchoice == 2 )
        {
            cout << " Don't know what to put here ";
        }
    else if ( menuchoice == 3 )
    {
        int beercount = 99;
        while ( beercount > 0 )
            {
                cout << "\n" << beercount << " bottles of beer on the wall,\n" << beercount << " bottles of beer. " << endl;
                beercount--;
                if ( beercount > 0)
                {
                    cout << "Take one down, pass it around, \n" << beercount << " bottles of beer on the wall... " << endl;
                }
                else
                {
                    cout << "Take one down, pass it around, \n";
                    cout << "\nNo more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer " << endl;
                    cout << "Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall... " << endl;
                }
            }
    }
    else if ( menuchoice == 4 )
        {
            cout << " Game Over!!!! ";
        }
        return menuchoice;
}

Thanks in advance.

Oh I'm sorry, At the moment I'm on my phone so the code won't be formatted well.
The prototype was:

Code:

Void pausemenu();

Void pausemenu()
{
            Cout << " \nPAUSE MENU " <<  endl;
            Cout << " 0. Resume Game " << endl;
            Cout << " 1. Commands " << endl;
            Cout << " 2. Controller Setup " << endl; 
            Cout << " 3. 99 Bottles of beer" << endl;
            Cout << " 4. Quit " << endl;
           
}

I believed this would just display this piece of info whenever I called it. But it doesn't sadly.