Thread: Hello I'm New Here

Hello Everybody I'm stealth:

I just started learning C++ but I do have experience in programming (not C++ better not say what though) anyway
I started a text combat engine and I have problems already
so I thought I'd post the code and let u guys see and hopefully help me out,dunno what the problem is actually ( like I said I'm new) anyway so far I have it printing the stats of the players health but then I want it to print who starts the match according to who is the fastest of the players , sorry if this is confusing but
I'll post the code so that it's more clear what I have done

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main()
{

// place a information screen at the very top
cout << "+================================================ ==================+" << endl;
cout << "+ +" << endl;
cout << "+ Text Combat Editor Written By Stealth +" << endl;
cout << "+ +" << endl;
cout << "+================================================ ==================+" << endl;

// provide spaces before continuing to print anything else
cout << "\n";
cout << "\n";






//=========================== declare all variables here =======================

// make a short int to store the value of the character stats
short int enemy_health = 100 , player_health = 100;
short int enemy_size = 1 , player_size = 1;
short int enemy_speed = (enemy_health - enemy_size);
short int player_speed = (player_health - 50);//player_size);


// symbolic variables for use of evaluation outcome for all equations
short int use = 1;
short int not = 0;


// names for the characters variables as char
char player[7] = "Player";
char enemy[6] = "Enemy";

// values which will be checked to determine who starts the match
int player_start;
int enemy_start = use;

//==================== variable declaration ends here ==========================



//========================= print character stats ==============================

cout << "STATS :\n";
cout << "\n";
cout << "Player Health = " << player_health << endl;
cout << "Enemy Health = " << enemy_health << endl;
cout << "\n";
cout << "\n";

//======================= print character stats ends here ======================




//============ speed check ( determining who starts the match ) ===============


// check if player is faster then the enemy
if (player_speed > enemy_speed)
// set player start to use
player_start = use;


// check if enemy is faster then player
if (enemy_speed > player_speed)
enemy_start = use;


// check if enemy and player speeds are equal,if they are player has the right to start
if (player_speed = enemy_speed)
player_start = use;


if (player_start = use)
enemy_start = not;
else
if (enemy_start = use)
player_start = not;


//=========================== speed check ends here ============================



//=================== print who starts the match ===============================

if (player_start = use)
cout << "Player is faster\n" << "You will start the match\n";
else
if (enemy_start = use)
cout << "Enemy is faster \n" << "He will start the match \n";

//=================== print who starts match ends here =========================


system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}



what I actually done here was test it to see if it would print

"Enemy Is Faster "
"He Will Start The Match"

But it always seems to print


"Player Is Faster"
"You Will Start The Match"


plz can somebody plz help me out here



cheers


stealth

Oh ok man thanks alot I'll try that now , I though tsomething like that just couldnt put it into code
thanks again man

cheers

stealth

YES!!!!!!!!!!! I got it but I had to take away this

if (player_start = use)
cout << "Player is faster\n" << "You will start the match\n";
else
if (enemy_start = use)
cout << "Enemy is faster \n" << "He will start the match \n";




and add the cout to the speed check part like this


// check if player is faster then the enemy
if (player_speed >= enemy_speed )
{
// set player start to use
player_start = use;
cout << "Player is faster\n" << "You will start the match\n";
}
else
{
// enemy is faster then player
enemy_start = use;
cout << "Enemy is faster \n" << "He will start the match \n";
}




cool


thanks again man really this is really cool


cheers


stealth