Thread: I need help with void command

I have seen in some peoples code the command void. From what I understand, it would allow you to point a person to another part in the program. I have tried this, but could not figure it out. The main idea of what I would try to get, would be a concept of something along the following lines:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
                                  //I want to define a place that can be refered to here.

{
    cout<<"Hello.\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Press return to restart the program.\n";
    cin.get();
                                 //I want it to refer to the point above when it reaches this point.
}

If anyone can help me with this code, please do. Thanks for the help.
Razorblade Kiss

Wait huh? Are you talking about goto statements? I'm usually pretty good at understanding cryptic posts but you stumped me here.

Well, that might be what I am looking for. I just thought that I had noticed some things about void in posts where it would goto a spot defined earlier in the program. Goto sounds more appropriate than void anyway, so go ahead and lay it on me if you would please.

???? Well to move around in a program you really should look into functions and logic statements, however the goto statement is what you are asking for here:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
repeat:
    cout<<"Hello.\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Press return to restart the program.\n";
    cin.get();
    goto repeat                            //I want it to refer to the point above when it reaches this point.
}

BTW THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT END. DO NOT RUN IT!!!!!!! YOU WOULD NEED TO USE AN IF STATEMENT TO CHECK AND SEE IF THE USER PRESSED ENTER.

Warning! For teaching you this I may be tarred and feathered by many members of the forums. You too may be punished if spotted for using them. You have been warned

Ok now that we are done with the legal mumbo jumbo:

Example:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void)  // btw, here is a correct usage of void. void can also mean no return type
                                  //I want to define a place that can be refered to here.

{
  lbl_i_want_to_go_back_to_the_beginning:
    cout<<"Hello.\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Press return to restart the program.\n";
    cin.get();
                                 //I want it to refer to the point above when it reaches this point.
    goto lbl_i_want_to_go_back_to_the_beginning;
}

As for void (bolded), it means one or both of the following:

Example:

Code:

void function(int parameter); // function that has no return.
int function(void); // function that has no parameters.

// and again, you could have:
void function(void); // function that has no parameters and no return.

In C++ int main() and int main(void) would have the same meaning, but in C they do not. Also these are not to be confused with void pointers (void *) which are merely a placeholder for any type of pointer.

Thank you very much...This is exactly what I was looking for. Now I would ask people to delete it, but from what I hear, nobody else would be able to learn from it! Thanks a lot!

Its ok, if asked just tell quzah that you were learning it so you know what not to do

By the way instead of goto you could always do this:

Example

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void)  // btw, here is a correct usage of void. void can also mean no return type
                                  //I want to define a place that can be refered to here.

{
  while(1) {
    cout<<"Hello.\n";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Press return to restart the program.\n";
    cin.get();
                                 //I want it to refer to the point above when it reaches this point.
  }
}

I wasn't trying to make a program that repeats forever, that was just the main concept. What I am actually trying to put it into use is for in a menu style program. After say it asked for a password, if they entered an incorrect password, it would go back and ask for it again and things like that. But I learned more than I bargained for, and found out that many of the people that helped me have nice senses of humor. Thanks everyone

True, but lets not use main as an example for the sake of argument its just important that Razorblade Kiss understand that C will treat closed empty paranthesis as a parameter list, whereas C++ will treat it as a function with no arguments.

<- very confused.

To clear matters up, at most I've only posted negative feedback twice and you know full well as to when and why those were posted (and they were mean and spiteful and I appologized for them). If you are still getting them, I swear its not me.

Back on topic real quick, abusing closed empty paranthesis isn't exactly good form. But I have to admit it can solve a lot of problems. Especially when it comes to passing C++ objects into C code.

Looks like I'm a bit late to respond to this post, but I thought I'd add my two cents. I would suggest you take the advice of CornedBee and Master5001 and use loops rather than goto statements, as they are considered obsolete by many people and just plain poor code by others. In my first programming class, for example, my instructor told us if he saw a single goto statement in any program that person would get an "F" for the whole course. I don't know if he was serious but none of us ever used a goto.