A (Horrible) Beginner Needs Help

[Sandreck]

Hi, I'm Dave, the worst person at C++ in the world! I have three questions that will prove how bad I am at this!

1. I'm testing out this whole C++ thing and I'm trying to make a multiple choice thingy. Can someone tell me what's wrong with this? (I didn't read too far on the tutorial.) I'm trying to make it so it goes to the next page thing.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  cout << "Hello World!" << endl;
  cout << "Choice One..." << endl; 
  cin.get();
  return 1;
}

int message (int argc, char *argv[])
{ 
    cout << "Aftermath Of Choice One"  << endl;
    cin.get()
   return 0;
}

2. I have no idea what's going on there, it's a startup of Dev-C++, the book I'm learning from doesn't cover this and I don't like reading long things online. Could someone tell me how I make multiple choice things? I don't need a whole tutorial, just how to make the questions.

3. My uncle asked me what the second + in C++ is, can anyone tell me?

If this is too much, it's ok. Thanks.
-Dave

[SlyMaelstrom]

Well for starters, you don't really need the function that you made there, since this seems to be a fairly simple operation. To make a program with choices you'd do something like this:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    int userInput;
    
    cout << "How are you?" << endl 
         << "1. Good" << endl
         << "2. Fine" << endl
         << "3. Bad" << endl
         << "> ";
    cin >> userInput;
    
    if (userInput == 1) {
       cout << "\"I'm Good, thank you.\"" << endl;
       }
    else if (userInput == 2) {         
       cout << "\"I'm fine.\"" << endl;
       }
    else if (userInput == 3) {
       cout << "\"I'm feeling bad, sorry.\"" << endl;
       }
    else {
       cout << "\"I'm not sure how I'm feeling.\"" << endl;
       }
       
    system("pause");
    
    return 0;
       
       }

I'd read more of the tutorials. Read up on Input and if statements. There is no way the book you have doesn't cover those if it is indeed a basic C++ book.

...and the second + in C++ essentially means 1. In C++, if you write a variable++ you're saying "variable = variable + 1". So C++ is basially saying it's like the language "C" plus 1.

[Sandreck]

Thanks a lot!

[linucksrox]

I don't mean to start an argument, but I thought C++ had a different meaning. In a couple books I've read it says that C++ has 2 pluses because it was an enhanced C language. They called it C with pluses, and eventually it caught on and they just started calling it C++ for short. That's my understanding. If you even care, you could look into it a little further. But I could be wrong, that's just what I've thought for a while.

[SlyMaelstrom]

I've heard that before, as well, but as far as I know the most common belief of it's origin is "C+1"

[Daved]

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