Easy but do not understand XD.

[GamerProduction]

Well, i'm making my first rpg text game.

I'm getting a problem. While it's asking my name in the program, it closes.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int main (void)
{
    int name;
    int nation;
    
    
    cout << " Version 0.0.1 " << endl;
    cin.get();
    
    
    

    cout << "What's your name? \n\n\n"<<endl;
    cin.get();
    cin >> name;
    
    cin.get();
    
    
    cout <<"Which nation will you choose\n\n\n\n"<<endl;
    cin.get();
    
    cout <<" 1 = Orc "<<endl;
    cout <<" 2 = Human "<<endl;
    
    cin.get();
    
    switch (nation){
           
           case 1:
                cout << " So you're an orc.. "<<endl;
                cin.get();
                
           case 2: 
                
                   cout << " So you're a Human.. "<<endl; 
                   cin.get();
                
    
}
    
    
    
    
    
    cin.get();
    
    return 0;
}

[Salem]

> int name;
Typing in "barney" isn't going to work.
Pick a more appropriate data type for a name, say a std::string

[GamerProduction]

XD Thanks, But after changing it into a string, How can i store the name people enter. Example: cin >> name, doesn't work anymore with string.

[Salem]

You mean, a name with spaces like "Barney Rubble" ?

1. Use std::string

2. Use getline() for reading ALL input, then use something like a string stream to extract the data you need.

Then you don't have to keep littering your code with random get() to strip out all the unexpected newlines as you flip from one input style to another.

[Daved]

>> Example: cin >> name, doesn't work anymore with string.
Why not? What problems are you having with it? It should work, although as Salem pointed out it will only grab a single word.



>> Then you don't have to keep littering your code with random get() to strip out all the unexpected newlines as you flip from one input style to another.

But then you would have to litter your code with usage of the stringstream. For more complex input I might choose that route, but for simple stuff I think the use of ignore() is the better alternative.