how to 'and' statements

how do i insert a and statement into a checking procedure? i am trying to get my fruit machine to check to see if the numbers are the same, what do i need to do to ensure this?

e.g code -
else if (winningline[1] == 2 & winningline[2] == 2 & winningline[3] == 2)
{
cout<<"Winning line - Cherry\n";

i want it so it looks to see if the value of winningline[1] is equal with the value in winning lines 2 and 3. what do i need to do to get this?

it is
else if (winningline[1] == 2 && winningline[2] == 2 && winningline[3] == 2)

i.e. you have to use && instead of &


ot to generalise it use

else if (winningline[1] == winningline[2] && winningline[2] == winningline[3] )

this would be more efficient since it will automatically check for all symbols.. not just 2.

trouble is i am running a random number generator, which generates a number between 1 and 10. each number has a diff fruit symbol more or less, and each combination of winning line of 3 gives a diff win amount.

I don't know the details of your program but I can tell you this:
If you want to check for some statements if they are true, you and them using operator &&.
Although in your case you could've written it like this:

Code:

if (winningline[1] ==  winningline[2] == winningline[3] == 2)

...
As I understood, when you have same three symbols, you have a winner, but according to that symbol the ammount is different, am I right?!
If yes:
for example, in the statement above, store the 2 in a variable and write a switch statement to determine the ammount won buy the player, after you make sure they are all the same .

all i want is for the number generated to print to screen the name of a fruite, which is equal to the value of the number generated.

I mean you can have something like this:

Code:

//the generated random number is stored in x
if ( winningline[1] ==  winningline[2] == winningline[3] == x )
{
     switch( x )
     {
          case 1:
               //print the corresponding symbol
               //do whatever
               break;
          //and so on for other cases
     }
}

trouble is that that only accounts for 10 of the cases.

i have the value of cherry set to 1,2,3 & 4. so what happens in that case?

You are generating random numbers between 1 and 10, right?
Then you only need to handle these cases( 1 - 10 ), because you are not going to have any other value, right?
and if you want to combine cases you can do the following:

Code:

//the generated random number is stored in x
if ( winningline[1] ==  winningline[2] == winningline[3] == x )
{
     switch( x )
     {
          case 1:
          case 2:
          case 3:
          case 4:
               //the response you write here will be applied to 1, 2, 3, and 4
               //do whatever
               break;
          //and so on for other cases
     }
}

how do i get x to store the random number? and i have 3 random numbers to compare. sorry if i'm asking stupid ques, but i just can't seem to see how this bit works.

Code:

if (winningline[1] ==  winningline[2] == winningline[3] == 2)

Hmm, not sure how will this works:

(winningline[3] == 2) -> if it is equal, the value of this expression is true, or "1".

Then, if winningline[2] is 2, then:
winningline[2] == winningline[3] == 2
will then be false, or "0", since (winningline[3] == 2) gives you true or "1".

Then, if winningline[1] is 0, then:
(winningline[2] == winningline[3] == 2) will give you 0, so the if statement gets executed, when the first line is different from the other two. Or, if winninglline[1] was 2, the if would not be executed since 2 != 0.

So, by my reasoning, that code would not work for your purposes Unless, of course, I'm wrong, in which case ammar, feel free to fry me in a wok

thats ok, i will just have to find a way of doing it.

Well, it's not hard, just a bit longer:

Code:

//Another header to include, needed for the time(NULL) function call
#include <time.h>

//somewhere at the beginning of your program - only do ONCE:
srand(time(NULL));

//this section with the #define's and rand() just shows the basic
//structure of how you find a random number in a certain range.
#define RAND_MAX 10
#define RAND_MIN 1
int x = (rand() % (RAND_MAX - RAND_MIN + 1)) + RAND_MIN;

//This is how you test to see if the 3 rows are equal to x:
if(winningline[1] == winningline[2] && winningline[2] == winningline[3] && winningline[3] == x)
{
    //Here, you assign what to do if x has certain values:
    switch(x)
    {
        case 1:
            what_to_do_if_x_is_1();
            something_else_to_do();
            break;
        case 2:
            what_to_do_if_x_is_2();
            something_else();
            break;
        case SOMETHING_ELSE:
            something_to_do();
            something_else();
            break;
        default:
            what_to_do_for_anything_else();
            something_else_to_do();
            break;
    }
}

I hope that code is bug free, although you do need to replace the what_to_do_if_blahblahblah()'s and something_else()'s. Hope that helps