Is it ok to have if else in my switch?

[blackgold>>]

I'm trying to compile my code and i cannot see anything wrong with it as it compiled grand before i added the if and else statements to my program.

c:\docume~1\blackg~1\desktop\untitl~2.cpp: In function `int main()':
c:\docume~1\blackg~1\desktop\untitl~2.cpp:51: parse error before `{'
c:\docume~1\blackg~1\desktop\untitl~2.cpp:60: confused by earlier errors, bailing out

I would be gratefull if someone could help me out .
Thanks so much.
blackgold>>

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;


void started ( void );            // function prototype :1
void option ( void );              // function prototype :2
void gears ( void );               // function prototype :3
void lets_go ( void );             // function prototype :4

int main()
{
    {

  char game;                            // game is local variable
  int  engine_go = 0,
       clutch_in = 0;

  cout <<"Hi welcome to the driving program" << endl
       <<"\nPlease press: s to start engine" << endl
       <<"\n" << endl;

  while ( ( game = cin.get() ) != EOF ) {

     switch ( game ) {                                 // switch nested in while

        case 's':
           started();                                  // engine started
           engine_go = 1;                              // engine is started
           break;                                      // to exit switch

        case 'o':
           option();                                   // options before moving
           break;

        case '1':
           clutch_in = 1;                               // clucth is in
           gears();                                     // selection of gears
           break;

        case '\n':                                      // ignore newlines,
        case '\t':                                      // tabs,
        case ' ' :                                      // and spaces in input
           break;

           default:                                     // catch all other charecters
           if ( engine_go == 1 && clutch_in == 1 ) {
              cout <<"\n ok clutch is pushed in and you are in first gear" << endl;
                  lets_go();
           }
           else ( clutch_in != 1 ) {
              cout <<"\nPlease enter correct choice" << endl;
                  option();
           }

           break;

         }
      }
   }

// broke out of local while loop as EOF has been pressed.

return 0;
}

void started ( void )            // function def :1
{
   cout << "Engine started" << endl
        << "Press o for options" << endl;
}

void option ( void  )              // function def :2
{
   cout <<"Ok lets see what you think?" << endl
        <<"\noptions"
        <<"\n1) clutch in"
        <<"\n2) brake"
        <<"\n3) handbrake on"
        <<"\n4) handbrake off"
        <<"\nEnter number: " << endl;
}

void gears ( void )                // function :3
{
   cout <<"Great work!"
        <<"\nlets put it in gear"
        <<"\n0)\treverse"
        <<"\n1)\tfirst"
        <<"\n2)\tsecond"
        <<"\n3)\tthird"
        <<"\n4)\tfourth"
        <<"\n5)\tfifth"
        <<"\nWhich gear choose please: " << endl;
}

void lets_go ( void )
{
   cout <<"\n Hold down: CTRL and press c to release clutch and start moving " << endl;
}

[major_small]

exactly what line is line 51? I don't have an IDE readily available, and don't feel like counting...

your answer: yes, I'm pretty sure you can have an if statement in a switch statement

EDIT: line 51:

           default:                                     // catch all other charecters
           if ( engine_go == 1 && clutch_in == 1 ) 
           {
              cout <<"\n ok clutch is pushed in and you are in first gear" << endl;
                  lets_go();
           }  //line 51
           else ( clutch_in != 1 ) 
           {
              cout <<"\nPlease enter correct choice" << endl;
                  option();
           }

EDIT 2: fixt

           default:   
                    {                                  // catch all other charecters
           if ( engine_go == 1 && clutch_in == 1 ) 
           {
              cout <<"\n ok clutch is pushed in and you are in first gear" << endl;
                  lets_go();
           }
           else if( clutch_in != 1 ) 
           {
              cout <<"\nPlease enter correct choice" << endl;
                  option();
           }

            break;
            }

the orange isn't necessary, just nice, but the red was what you needed... you can either put what I did, or just get rid of the condition and use else...

[InvariantLoop]

cout <<"Hi welcome to the driving program" << endl
       <<"\nPlease press: s to start engine" << endl

cout << "Engine started" << endl

cout <<"Ok lets see what you think?" << endl

dont those require a semicolon?

[jlou]

dont those require a semicolon?

No, because a statement can run more than one line:

cout << "Engine started" << endl
     << "Press o for options" << endl;

is equivalent to:

cout << "Engine started" << endl << "Press o for options" << endl;

This would be wrong:

cout << "Engine started" << endl
cout << "Press o for options" << endl;

[enjoy]

after case use
that facilate your work

{//begin
}//end

so i advice you to use a function that say welcome and press s ...
/* exuse mefor mistakes because i use a translator */

[major_small]

actually, they do, just at the end of the statements... the first example needs one after the end of teh second line, and the second and third examples need one at the end of that line...