New function problem.. anyone help?

I recoded my function, but it is still stopping my program after the user enters the input. The function should return the char value if the user enters a valid letter (A through I or X). But, it just stops after the input is entered.

Code:

char accept_item_code ()
{
   char c;
   bool valid = false;

   cout << endl << "--------------------" << endl;
   cout << "Enter product code: ";
   cin >> c;
   c = toupper(c);
   cout << c;
   cout << endl;
   while (!valid)
   {
      if (c == 'A' || c == 'B' || c == 'C' || c == 'D' || c == 'E')
      {
         valid = true;
      }
      else if (c == 'F' c == 'G' || c == 'H' || c == 'I' || c == 'X')
      {
         valid = true;
      }
      else
      {
         cout << "!!! Invalid product code" << endl << endl
              << "Enter product code: ";
         cin >> c;
         c = toupper(c);
         cout << endl;
      }
   }

   return c;
}

Josh Stevanus
jrstevan@svsu.edu

Where is the rest of your code? What do you expect it to do? The function you posted returns after valid input, so whatever is supposed to happen is happening in code elsewhere.


Also notice a missing || in your code:

Code:

else if (c == 'F' || c == 'G' || c == 'H' || c == 'I' || c == 'X')