Thread: Need help with a simple password checker using functions!

Hi, kinda stuck trying to make a simple password checker which uses a function to check the password.
When i run the program and then enter the password it come up with an error and shuts down the program. I think this may have something to do with the fact that i have not specified a return value but I a not sure.

Could someone please explain to me what I am doing wrong here?

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>


using namespace std;


string password;
int x;


string password_checker( string password )
{
    if ( password == "donkey" )
    {
        x = 16;
    }
}


int main ()
{
    while ( x != 16 )
    {
        cout <<"PLEASE ENTER THE PASSWORD: ";
        cin >> password;
        password_checker( password );
        cout <<"\n\n\n";
    }
    cout <<"\n\n\n\n                         WELCOME";
}

Thanks

1) It seems you want to return an int in your string function, so change string to int.
2) Your variables should be declared in main, not globally.
3) You should have an else statement there too, perhaps telling the user wrong password.
4) since you are reading a string from the user in main, you should use

Code:

std::getline(std::cin,password,'\n');

k thanks