Thread: Switch function problem

Hi all

I've only just started using the C++ language recently and I'm stuck on something which should be pretty easy but I can't solve.

option is defined as char option[80]. My main problem is that if I enter an option of 9, "PLEASE TRY AGAIN" comes up. I want this to happen if say 22 is entered as well but currently Case 2 is selected, not the default. Why is it doing this and how would I sort it?

Code:

do {
          cout << "\n     Products\n";
          cout << "       1.  New\n";
          cout << "       2.  Old\n";
          cout << "       3.  Discontinued\n";
          cout << "       q.  End menu\n";
          cout << "\n\n";
          cout << "\n     Press appropriate key to select > ";
     
     gets(option);	
     
      switch (option[0]) {
               case '1':
                         new(items);
                         key();
                         break;
               case '2':
                         old(items);
                         key();
                         break;
               case '3': 
                         discontinued(items);
                         key();
                         break;
               case 'q':
                         cout <<("\n\t\t Returning to main.\n");
                         key();
                         break;
               default:
                         cout <<("\t\t PLEASE TRY AGAIN\n");
                         key();
                         break;
                                  }    //end switch
                  }//end do

                         while (option[0] != 'q'  );
                         break;