compile error

i am trying to make like a text game based on a choose yur own adventure book and i keep getting an error that says

9 C:\Dev-Cpp\madlibgame.cpp
`c' undeclared (first use this function)

here is my code

Code:

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

int main(void)
{

    int whattheytype;
    string commands = c;
    int exit;

    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"deep space. you will read the page then you will be\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type c to\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave"<<endl;/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if (whattheytype == commands);
    std::cout<<"eet works!";
    else
    if (whattheytype == 2)
    std::cout<<"yup\n";

    std::cout<<"\npress any key and hit enter to quit:";
    std::cin>>exit;

      return 0;
}

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Change this line:

Code:

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string commands = c;

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to this:

Code:

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string commands = "c";

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now i get


19 C:\Dev-Cpp\madlibgame.cpp
no match for `int& == std::string&' operator

the code is

Code:

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

int main(void)
{

    int whattheytype;
    string commands = "commands";
    int exit;

    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"deep space. you will read the page then you will be\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type c to\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave"<<endl;/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    {
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if(whattheytype == commands);
    std::cout<<"eet works!";
    else
    if (whattheytype == 2)
    std::cout<<"yup\n";

    std::cout<<"\npress any key and hit enter to quit:";
    std::cin>>exit;

      return 0;
}

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> int whattheytype;
> string commands = "commands";
So make them both int, or make them both string, then you'll be able to compare them

I'm guessing you'll want to choose
string whattheytype;

> int exit;
exit is also the name of a function in cstdlib

ok i have 2 more questions my code as it is now is

Code:

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

int main(void)
{

    string whattheytype;
    string commands = "commands";
    string option1 = "start";
    string leave = "exit";
    std::cout<<"this game was ripped off from the choose your own adventure\n";
    std::cout<<" book called Undergound Kingdom by  Edward Packard\n";
    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n";
    std::cout<<"Underground kingdom. you will read the page then you will be\n";
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n";
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type commands to\n";
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave";/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    std::cout<<"\ntype start to start the game!\n"<<endl;
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if (whattheytype == commands)
    std::cout<<"just follow the instructions stupid ass restart the program\n"<<endl;/*insructions*/
   
    else
    if (whattheytype == option1)/*beginning of actual game*/
    std::cout<<"WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n";
    std::cout<<"\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"The Underground Kingdom is not easy to reach. Many Players\n";
    std::cout<<"never get ther. Others never return.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Before starting out on your journey, you may want to read\n";
    std::cout<<"Professor Bruckner's theory, which is set fourth on the next block\n";
    std::cout<<"of text.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Professor Bruckner is a rather boring writer, and i wouldn't\n";
    std::cout<<"suggest that you bother read his theorym exept that, if you ever\n";
    std::cout<<"get to the Underground Kingdom, it might save your life. Good luck!\n";
   
    else /*exiting game*/
    if (whattheytype == leave)
    std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
    std::cin>> leave;
   

   

      return 0;
}

---

now the error i get now is

37 C:\Dev-Cpp\madlibgame.cpp
parse error before `else'

and also i would like to make it so they can type commands and get the command thing then press start and get the game 2 start instead of having to restart teh game each time

*points up*

Use some more braces to group together all the statements you consider to be part of an if statement

ok one more question and then i think i can make the rest of this game the code so far is

Code:

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

int main(void)
{

    string whattheytype;
    string commands = "commands";
    string option1 = "start";
    string leave = "exit";
    string theory = "theory";/*variables*/
    string game ="game";
   
   
    std::cout<<"this game was ripped off from the choose your own adventure\n";
    std::cout<<" book called Undergound Kingdom by  Edward Packard\n";
    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n";
    std::cout<<"Underground kingdom. you will read the page then you will be\n";
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n";
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type commands to\n";
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave";/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    std::cout<<"\ntype start to start the game!\n"<<endl;
   
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if (whattheytype == commands)
    std::cout<<"just follow the instructions and restart the program\n"<<endl;/*insructions*/
   
    else
    if (whattheytype == option1)/*beginning of actual game*/
    {
    std::cout<<"WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n";
    std::cout<<"\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"The Underground Kingdom is not easy to reach. Many Players\n";
    std::cout<<"never get ther. Others never return.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Before starting out on your journey, you may want to read\n";
    std::cout<<"Professor Bruckner's theory, which is set fourth on the next block\n";
    std::cout<<"of text.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Professor Bruckner is a rather boring writer, and i wouldn't\n";
    std::cout<<"suggest that you bother read his theory exept that, if you ever\n";
    std::cout<<"get to the Underground Kingdom, it might save your life. Good luck!\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"type theory to read the theory type game to start the game\n";
    }
        if (whattheytype == theory)
            {
            std::cout<<"bleg";
            }
        else
        if (whattheytype == game)
            {
            std::cout<<"hmm";
            }
   
    else /*exiting game*/
    if (whattheytype == leave)
    {
    std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
    std::cin>>leave;
    }

   

      return 0;
}

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and it compiles and runs but where it asks you to choose the theory or start the game when you choose either one it ends the program and i want it to execute the game or the theory part any ideas? btw thanks for all the help so far

anyone ? i have been trying to fix this problem for about 4 hours now

What do you expect? You don't actually have any game code there at the moment. I suggest you create a function to do theory, and a function to start the game. When they specify that they want theory, just call the function, etc etc.

i fixed it all by myself hehehehe only took me 6 hours lol anyway all i needed to do was creat string whattheytype2; instead of re using string whattheytype; over and over it compiled and ran fine now i am gonna finish the game anyway here is the code

Code:

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

int main(void)
{
    string whattheytype;
    string whattheytype2;
    string commands = "commands";
    string option1 = "start";
    string theory = "theory";/*variables*/
    string game ="game";
    string leave = "exit";
   
   
    std::cout<<"this game was ripped off from the choose your own adventure\n";
    std::cout<<" book called Undergound Kingdom by  Edward Packard\n";
    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n";
    std::cout<<"Underground kingdom. you will read the page then you will be\n";
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n";
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type commands to\n";
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave";/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    std::cout<<"\ntype start to start the game!\n"<<endl;
   
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if (whattheytype == commands)
    std::cout<<"just follow the instructions and restart the program\n"<<endl;/*insructions*/
   
   
    else
    if (whattheytype == option1)/*beginning of actual game*/
   
    std::cout<<"WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n";
    std::cout<<"\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"The Underground Kingdom is not easy to reach. Many Players\n";
    std::cout<<"never get ther. Others never return.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Before starting out on your journey, you may want to read\n";
    std::cout<<"Professor Bruckner's theory, which is set fourth on the next block\n";
    std::cout<<"of text.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Professor Bruckner is a rather boring writer, and i wouldn't\n";
    std::cout<<"suggest that you bother read his theory exept that, if you ever\n";
    std::cout<<"get to the Underground Kingdom, it might save your life. Good luck!\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"type theory to read the theory type game to start the game\n";
   
        std::cin>>whattheytype2;
        if (whattheytype2 == theory)
           
            std::cout<<"bleg";
           
        else
        if (whattheytype2 == game)
           
            std::cout<<"hmm";
           
    else /*exiting game*/
    if (whattheytype == leave)
   
    std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
    std::cin>>leave;
   
    std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
    std::cin>>leave;
   
    return 0;
}

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ill post the finish product later thanks for all the help :)

i can get the file to compile but when you try to get the rest of the theory part it flashes it then shuts the prog down anyoen know how i can pause it?

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284385

I tried the solution in the faq and it didn't work here is my code can anyone see where i made my mistake?

Code:

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

int main(void)
{
    string whattheytype;
    string whattheytype2;
    string commands = "commands";
    string option1 = "start";
    string theory = "theory";/*variables*/
    string game ="game";
    string leave = "exit";
    int pause;
    int more;
   
   
    std::cout<<"this game was ripped off from the choose your own adventure\n";
    std::cout<<" book called Undergound Kingdom by  Edward Packard\n";
    std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n";
    std::cout<<"Underground kingdom. you will read the page then you will be\n";
    std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n";
    std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type commands to\n";
    std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave";/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
    std::cout<<"\ntype start to start the game!\n"<<endl;
   
    std::cin>>whattheytype;
    if (whattheytype == commands)
    std::cout<<"just follow the instructions and restart the program\n"<<endl;/*insructions*/
   
   
    else
    if (whattheytype == option1)/*beginning of actual game*/
   
    std::cout<<"WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n";
    std::cout<<"\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"The Underground Kingdom is not easy to reach. Many Players\n";
    std::cout<<"never get ther. Others never return.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Before starting out on your journey, you may want to read\n";
    std::cout<<"Professor Bruckner's theory, which is set fourth on the next block\n";
    std::cout<<"of text.\n";
    std::cout<<"    Professor Bruckner is a rather boring writer, and i wouldn't\n";
    std::cout<<"suggest that you bother read his theory exept that, if you ever\n";
    std::cout<<"get to the Underground Kingdom, it might save your life. Good luck!\n"<<endl;
    std::cout<<"type theory to read the theory type game to start the game\n";
   
        std::cin>>whattheytype2;
        if (whattheytype2 == theory)
            {
            std::cout<<"                        PROFESSOR\n";
            std::cout<<"                        BRUCKNER'S\n";
            std::cout<<"                          THEORY\n";
            std::cout<<"---------------------------------------------------------------\n";
            std::cout<<"The discovery of the Bottomless Crevasse in Greenland by Dr. Nera \n";
            std::cout<<"Vivaldi supports my therory that the earth is not solid, as has\n";
            std::cout<<"been thought, but that it is hollow.  The Bottomless Crevasse is\n";
            std::cout<<"probably the sole route from the earth's surface to a vast Underground\n";
            std::cout<<"Kingdom.  The only other possible link would be an underground river,\n";
            std::cout<<"flowing in alternating directions in response to the tides, but this \n";
            std::cout<<"seems unlikely.\n";
            std::cout<<"How you may ask, was the earth hollowed out?  My studies show that more\n";
            std::cout<<"than a billion years ago a tiny blck hole collided with out planet and\n";
            std::cout<<"lodged in its center, pulling the whole molten core into an incredibly\n";
            std::cout<<"massive sphere only a few hundred meter across.\n";
            std::cout<<"If you were to stand on the inner surface of the earth, like a fly on the\n";
            std::cout<<"shell of an enormous pumpkin, you would see the black hole directly overhead,\n";
            std::cout<<"press any key and hit enter for more of the theory\n";
            std::cin>>more;
            std::cout<<"like a black sun.\n";
            std::cout<<"The Gravity of the earth's thick shell would hold you to the inner shell\n";
            std::cout<<"of the earth, though you would weigh much less than you would on the\n";
            std::cout<<"outer surface because the mass of the Black Sun would tend to pull \n";
            std::cout<<"you toward it. If there were a very tall mountain in the Underground\n";
            std::cout<<"Kingdom and you were to climb to the top of it, you might be pulled\n";
            std::cout<<"up into the Black Sun because gravity gets stronger as you approach\n";
            std::cout<<"a massive object.\n";
            std::cout<<"In all other respects the Black Sun would not be dangerous to any creatures\n";
            std::cout<<"in the Unerground Kingdom.  On the contrary, the Black Sun would be\n";
            std::cout<<"necessary to life in th underworld, but in the opposit way that the sun is\n";
            std::cout<<"necessary to life on the earth's surface.  OUr sun give us heat and keeps us\n";
            std::cout<<"from freezing.  The Black Sun absorbs heat.  If there is an underground \n";
            std::cout<<"kingdom, it is the Blac Sun tha keep its inhabitants from being baked to\n";
            std::cout<<"death by the heat within the earth.\n";
            std::cout<<"type game to start game!\n";
            std::cin>>pause;
            std::cin>>whattheytype2;
            }
        else
        if (whattheytype2 == game)
            {
            std::cout<<"hmm";
            }
        else
        if (whattheytype == leave)
        {
        std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
        std::cin>>leave;
    }

    return 0;
}

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im not exactly sure what youre asking, but one major problem is that you have 2 std::cin statements ina row after cout-ing the huge text of the theory... std::cin >> pause; gets user input from standard input and puts it into the variable named "pause"... it doesnt actually pause the screen. If you want a way to pause the screen, try system("PAUSE");

> can anyone see where i made my mistake?
Yeah, you lost a bunch of braces which you so carefully put in some time ago.

the system("pause"); did pause the program but wouldn't let any more user input like i wanted to make it go from the theory to the game part but it just closes when you hit enter.

[CODE][#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
string whattheytype;
string whattheytype2;
string whattheytype3;
string commands = "commands";
string option1 = "start";
string theory = "theory";/*variables*/
string game ="game";
string leave = "exit";
int pause;
int more;


std::cout<<"this game was ripped off from the choose your own adventure\n";
std::cout<<" book called Undergound Kingdom by Edward Packard\n";
std::cout<<"ok this is a choose your own adventure game called\n";
std::cout<<"Underground kingdom. you will read the page then you will be\n";
std::cout<<"asked to choose which way you want to go and such\n";
std::cout<<"sounds like fun huh? thought so. ok type commands to\n";
std::cout<<"get a list of commands. and type exit to leave";/* all this is is the introductory for the game*/
std::cout<<"\ntype start to start the game!\n"<<endl;

std::cin>>whattheytype;
if (whattheytype == commands)
std::cout<<"just follow the instructions and restart the program\n"<<endl;/*insructions*/
else
if (whattheytype == "exit")
{
std::cout<<"goodbye\n";
system("pause");
}
else
if (whattheytype == "start")/*beginning of actual game*/
{
std::cout<<"WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n";
std::cout<<"\n"<<endl;
std::cout<<"The Underground Kingdom is not easy to reach. Many Players\n";
std::cout<<"never get ther. Others never return.\n";
std::cout<<" Before starting out on your journey, you may want to read\n";
std::cout<<"Professor Bruckner's theory, which is set fourth on the next block\n";
std::cout<<"of text.\n";
std::cout<<" Professor Bruckner is a rather boring writer, and i wouldn't\n";
std::cout<<"suggest that you bother read his theory exept that, if you ever\n";
std::cout<<"get to the Underground Kingdom, it might save your life. Good luck!\n"<<endl;
std::cout<<"type theory to read the theory type game to start the game\n";
}
std::cin>>whattheytype2;
if (whattheytype2 == theory)
{
std::cout<<" PROFESSOR\n";
std::cout<<" BRUCKNER'S\n";
std::cout<<" THEORY\n";
std::cout<<"---------------------------------------------------------------\n";
std::cout<<"The discovery of the Bottomless Crevasse in Greenland by Dr. Nera \n";
std::cout<<"Vivaldi supports my therory that the earth is not solid, as has\n";
std::cout<<"been thought, but that it is hollow. The Bottomless Crevasse is\n";
std::cout<<"probably the sole route from the earth's surface to a vast Underground\n";
std::cout<<"Kingdom. The only other possible link would be an underground river,\n";
std::cout<<"flowing in alternating directions in response to the tides, but this \n";
std::cout<<"seems unlikely.\n";
std::cout<<"How you may ask, was the earth hollowed out? My studies show that more\n";
std::cout<<"than a billion years ago a tiny blck hole collided with out planet and\n";
std::cout<<"lodged in its center, pulling the whole molten core into an incredibly\n";
std::cout<<"massive sphere only a few hundred meter across.\n";
std::cout<<"If you were to stand on the inner surface of the earth, like a fly on the\n";
std::cout<<"shell of an enormous pumpkin, you would see the black hole directly overhead,\n";
std::cout<<"press any key and hit enter for more of the theory\n";
std::cin>>more;
std::cout<<"like a black sun.\n";
std::cout<<"The Gravity of the earth's thick shell would hold you to the inner shell\n";
std::cout<<"of the earth, though you would weigh much less than you would on the\n";
std::cout<<"outer surface because the mass of the Black Sun would tend to pull \n";
std::cout<<"you toward it. If there were a very tall mountain in the Underground\n";
std::cout<<"Kingdom and you were to climb to the top of it, you might be pulled\n";
std::cout<<"up into the Black Sun because gravity gets stronger as you approach\n";
std::cout<<"a massive object.\n";
std::cout<<"In all other respects the Black Sun would not be dangerous to any creatures\n";
std::cout<<"in the Unerground Kingdom. On the contrary, the Black Sun would be\n";
std::cout<<"necessary to life in th underworld, but in the opposit way that the sun is\n";
std::cout<<"necessary to life on the earth's surface. OUr sun give us heat and keeps us\n";
std::cout<<"from freezing. The Black Sun absorbs heat. If there is an underground \n";
std::cout<<"kingdom, it is the Black Sun that keep its inhabitants from being baked to\n";
std::cout<<"death by the heat within the earth.\n";
std::cout<<"type game to start game!\n";
std::cin>>whattheytype3;
ststem("pause");
}
if (whattheytype3 == "game")
{
std::cout<<"hmm\n";
system("pause");
}
else
if (whattheytype == leave)
{
std::cout<<"press any key to exit\n";
std::cin>>leave;
}
else
if (whattheytype != "start")
{
std::cout<<"i dont understand\n";
}
return 0;
}/CODE]