got it to work, however it's not too roboust and too innovative, but i kind of got tired of trying to do it the hard way and so here it goes......
Code:
string Selection;
do
{
cout << "1. HELP MENU \n\n";
cout << "2. INVENTORY DIRECTORY \n\n";
cout << "3. DELIVERY INFORMATION \n\n";
cout << "4. ORDERING DIRECTORY \n\n";
cout << "5. WAITING LIST \n\n";
cout << "0. EXIT \n\n\n\n";
cout << "Enter a number (#) corresponding to your selection: ";
cin >> Selection;
clrscr();
}while ((Selection != "0" && Selection != "1" &&
Selection != "2" && Selection != "3" &&
Selection != "4" && Selection != "5"));
thanks for the effort...
matheo917