Thread: Please help

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    Please help

    Hello I'm working on the begining of a text based rpg and I'm having trouble already. There seems to be a problem here
    Code:
    void mage()
    {
    	health = 100;
    	mana = 50;
    
    	cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
    	title();
    	cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
    	cout << "Ah, a man of wisdom and magic." << '\n';
    	cout << "\n";
    	cout << "Is this correct?" << '\n';
    	cout << "\n";
    	cout << "Press y for yes and n for no." << '\n';
    
    	switch(yes_no)
    	{
    		case 'y':
    			mage2();
    			con = 1;
    			break;
    		case 'n':
    			race_f();
    			con = 1;
    			break;
    		default:
    			cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
    			cout << "Not too bright, huh? y or n" << '\n';
    			cout << "\n\n";
    			con = 0;
    			break;
    	}
    	
    	while (con == 0);
    
    }
    it only goes to "press y fo" then it doesnt say any more and you cant type anymore. Can someone help me please?

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    It looks like you actually have to read in something. Incidentally, have you considered an object oriented approach instead? OOP seems good for things like this.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    I think i need to flush the screen but i'm not sure how to do that

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    You never read a line from the console with "cin". Have a look at this tutorial to learn how to read a string from the console.

    Also, your while construction is flawed, he will go into an infinite loop.
    You need to write:
    Code:
    do
    {
    switch() ...
    } while (condition);

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