Thread: player option

I am a little stuck with a game I am working on anmd this is not neccessary but I like to try and outdo myself if possible, I fail a lot I am looking at how you would set up so that if 2 players inputed their names it said hi player 1 it is your turn and vice a versa. I have a little code here and if somebody can help that is all good but it is mainly for fun now.

Code:

void playerNames(){ //players can enter their names
	

	cout<<"\t\t"<<"Player One enter name you are X:"; cin>>name1; "\n";
	
	cout<<"\t\t"<<"Player Two enter name you are O:"; cin>>name2; "\n";
	
	
}


void playGame(){
	 
    symbol='X','O';
    playerNames();
   do
   {
	  do
	  {
		 
		 displayBoard();//dispays board for each turn
		 
		 cout<<"\n\n"<< name1 <<" choose a column to place your go:";// instructs user to take their go
		 cin>>column;
		 system("cls");// refreshes screen once x takes their go, refreshes upon each new go.
		
		 

		 if (column<1 || column>7) 
			cout <<"\n"<<"that is an invaild choice choose 1-7"<<"\n";//if a column less than 1 or more than 7 is chosen the error message is outputted to the screen
			
	  }
      while (column<1 || column>7);

      column--;
	  i=0; 
      
	  while ((gameArray[i][column]=='X' || gameArray[i][column]=='O') && i<7)//if one of the game array slots is equal to X or O
         		    i++;
		  	  
      
	  if (i<7)
	  {
	     gameArray[i][column]=symbol;
	     count++;
		 
	  
         if (symbol=='X')//symbol is set to start as always X then O goes
	  		symbol='O';
	     else symbol='X';
	  }
	  else cout <<"\n"<<"column is full please try another"<<"\n";
	  
   }