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Ah ha! you are genius I love you! I was about to have serious words with my laptop screen

SO just so I know for the future " " means? and ' ' means??
whats the difference between the 2?

thanks so much for your help

hmm however now my find_free function seems to have stopped working properly, as the input function is having i returned as -1 all the time and saying all records are full :S odd
seems to be ok?
Any ideas why the load function would do that?

Code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "iostream.h"
#include "fstream.h"
#include "stdlib.h" // includes standard libary header for clear screen function
#include "string.h"
struct record {                  /*struct called record*/
			char name[30];
	        char street[50];
            char streetii[50];
            char postcode[10];
			};

record entry[100];       /* delares variable entry with max 100 records*/

//entry(input);
void main(),menu(),options(int choice);
void newrecord(),deleterecord(),findrecord(),displayall(),exit();
void dofirst(), load(), input(),save(int i); 
int find_free();

void main ()
{
dofirst();
menu();
}
void menu()
{
     int choice; //declares the choice variable,
     do
     {
          cout << "Which option would you like? (1-5) \n\n";
          cout << "1: New Entry In Database\n";
          cout << "2: Delete Entry In Database\n";
          cout << "3: Find and Display A Single Record\n";
          cout << "4: Display All Records\n";
          cout << "5: Exit Database\n";
		  cout << "\nPlease Enter Your Choice (1-5): ";//Display some options on screen.
             
		  cin  >> choice;
     
		  options(choice); //opens options function + sends choice to options function.

     }while(choice!=5);//The program will continue to run until option 5 (exit) is chosen.
}//end function

void options(int choice)
{
     switch (choice)//Goes Through options
     {
          case 1:  //If number 1 is picked, it will go to the function below same each case. 
               newrecord();
               break;
          case 2:
               deleterecord();
               break;
          case 3:
               findrecord();
               break;
          case 4:
               displayall();
               break;
          case 5:
               exit();
               break;
          default://THEY DIDNT READ THE MENU, Make Them Choose Correct choice
              system("cls"); // Clear Screen
			  cout << "\a\a\a\nYOU HAVE ENTERED AN INVALID CHOICE YOU FOOL!\n"
				    << "Please enter a number from 1 to 5\n\n";
			  // shown if an incorrect choice is shown.
			  break;
     }
}//end function

//functions


void dofirst() // this function prepares the data.dat file for first use
{
int i; // variable i declared
	for ( i=0; i<100; i++ ) // loop until i=99
	{
		cout << "Preparing Record Line " << i << "\n" << endl; // shows progress of file prep
		system("cls"); // clear screen
		strcpy(entry[i].name, "*"); // make entry[i].name in struct/array = *
	}
load();
} //end function

void newrecord()
{	
	input(); // calls the input function 
	system("cls"); // clear screen
}//end function

void input()
{

int i;	
i=find_free();

	if (i==-1) // if find_free fuction returns -1 do below
	{	
		system("cls");	
		cout << "THE DATABASE IS FULL PLEASE DELETE SOME RECORDS\n\n";
	}
	else 
	{
	system("cls"); //clear screen
	
	cout <<"Enter Name:" << endl;
	gets((entry[i].name));
	cout <<"Enter House number and street address: " << endl;
	gets((entry[i].street)); 
	cout <<"Enter Town/City: " << endl;
	gets((entry[i].streetii));
	cout <<"Enter Post Code:" << endl; 
	gets((entry[i].postcode));
	save(i); //calls save
	}
}//end function

int find_free()
{
int i;
	for ( i=0; i<100; i++) //loops until i is = 99
	{
	if (!strcmp ((entry[i].name), "*")) //if String * is the same as, entry.name of number i return true
	return i; // if strcmp statement is true return i to the function that called findfree()
	}
return -1; //if the above for statement finds nothing then return -1 to the calling funtion. 
}//end function

void exit()
{
	system("cls");
	cout << "\nThankyou For Using Jays' Database. Goodbye :)\n\n";
}//end function
 

void load()
{
	int i;
	ifstream fin("data.dat");
	for (i=0; i<100; i++)
	{
		fin.getline((entry[i].name), 30, '\xba');
		fin.getline((entry[i].street), 50, '\xba');
		fin.getline((entry[i].streetii), 50, '\xba');
		fin.getline((entry[i].postcode), 10, '\xba');
	}
}//end function

void save(int i)
{
	ofstream fout("data.dat", ios::app); // opens file data.dat for output to the program in append mode.
	fout << (entry[i].name) << "\xba"; // puts name variable of number [i] into a file then starts new line
	fout << (entry[i].street) << "\xba";
	fout << (entry[i].streetii) << "\xba";
	fout << (entry[i].postcode) << "\xba\n";
	fout.close();

}//end function

void findrecord()
{
//	int i;
	system("cls");
}//end function

void displayall()
{
	system("cls");
	cout << "free function\n\n";
}//end function
void deleterecord()
{
	system("cls");
	cout << "free function 2\n\n";
}//end function