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Mjordan2nd · Feb 24th, 2005, 9:22 PM

You're going to have to make it pause. After the call to your start() method, just add a call to getchar().

AlphaXero · Feb 24th, 2005, 9:24 PM

ok, ummm you lost me.

AlphaXero · Feb 24th, 2005, 9:34 PM

Great! it works now two or three more questions.
1. how can i clear the screen?
2. can i pause the screen so you must press enter to begin the start()function?
3. if i wanna make another function, do i add the next() function at the end of the start()?

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(edit) just ran into another problem, when i test it if i type in "goto the door" it exits the program.

uman · Feb 24th, 2005, 9:49 PM

are you using windows or linux

AlphaXero · Feb 24th, 2005, 9:50 PM

Linux - fedora core 3

uman · Feb 24th, 2005, 10:17 PM

OK at the top you must put

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 #include <cstdlib>

Now to clear the screen you would put

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system("clear"); //you can call any shell command like this.

To pause you would use the following bit of code:

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char ch;
do
{
     cin.get(ch)
} while (ch!='\n'); //I think this will work but I have never tried it.
cin.clear(); /*I'm not sure if this is necessary, it's been a long time since I've used cin*/

By the way good job using Linux -- it rules!

Feb 24th, 2005, 9:22 PM	#11
Mjordan2nd The Supreme Ruler Join Date: May 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 1,476 Rep Power: 6	You're going to have to make it pause. After the call to your start() method, just add a call to getchar(). __________________ "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." - Dwight D. Eisenhower Last edited by Mjordan2nd; Feb 24th, 2005 at 9:29 PM.

Feb 24th, 2005, 9:34 PM	#13
AlphaXero Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Great! it works now two or three more questions. 1. how can i clear the screen? 2. can i pause the screen so you must press enter to begin the start()function? 3. if i wanna make another function, do i add the next() function at the end of the start()? -------------------- (edit) just ran into another problem, when i test it if i type in "goto the door" it exits the program. Last edited by AlphaXero; Feb 24th, 2005 at 9:36 PM.

Feb 24th, 2005, 10:17 PM	#16
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	OK at the top you must put (Toggle Plain Text) #include <cstdlib> #include <cstdlib> Now to clear the screen you would put (Toggle Plain Text) system("clear"); //you can call any shell command like this. system("clear"); //you can call any shell command like this. To pause you would use the following bit of code: (Toggle Plain Text) char ch; do { cin.get(ch) } while (ch!='\n'); //I think this will work but I have never tried it. cin.clear(); /I'm not sure if this is necessary, it's been a long time since I've used cin/ char ch; do { cin.get(ch) } while (ch!='\n'); //I think this will work but I have never tried it. cin.clear(); /I'm not sure if this is necessary, it's been a long time since I've used cin/ By the way good job using Linux -- it rules!

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Feb 24th, 2005, 9:24 PM	#12
AlphaXero Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	ok, ummm you lost me.

Feb 24th, 2005, 9:49 PM	#14
uman Expert Programmer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 794 Rep Power: 4	are you using windows or linux

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AlphaXero Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Linux - fedora core 3

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