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Simple question! Strings!

Hello, I'm making a text based game with C++, and my book never covered strings, (not where I am) and I am trying to do a simple program that gets a name from a user, and it prints it back out:

#include <iostream>

int main(){

 while (1 == 1) {

       

      string name;

       

cout << "WELCOME TO MAGE WARS v1.0! \n" ;



cout << "Hello there! What's your name?: \n";

getline (cin, name);

cout << "Welcome,";

cout string;

cout << ", to Mage Wars! We are in a world of need, and we are hoping a true"; 

cout << "hero like you would help us! Please! Destroy the evil mages!";

By the way: the error points out towards "cout string;"
Thanks!
Arnack

replace

cout << string;

with

cout << name;

Name refers to the variable name, "string" refers to the type of the variable.

Nevermind, I got it working. Thanks so much man! I might be putting some more questions up in this thread.. hopefully that isn't a hassle for you all!
-Arnack

Okay, can anyone tell me how to print an int that creates a random number from 10-20 or something like that?
Kinda like a random number generator...
Thanks!

Unless you have a really non-compliant compiler you need to either put some scope resolution on cout (std::cout) or add a "using" directive. As a newbie, I will tell you that you need to test your input (cin) for success. If you aren't a newbie, then your code is just schlocky. I have no way to decide, at this point.

You might elucidate on the things you implemented to fix it. The forum is for the benefit of others who might have similar questions. It won't kill you to contribute, as opposed to just saying, "Oh, geez, Mom, I fixed it!!!".

As for your second question, check the documentation for "rand" and apply some rudimentary math skills.

Thank you, I will check it out.

Okay, having some trouble, again.

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <time.h> 

//"Mage Wars" copyright Crimson Games 2007. All rights reserved.

//Created by Arnack, distributing this source is permited, as long

//as ownership is shown.

using namespace std;



int main(){

 while (1 == 1) {

           string name;

           int ready;

           int option;

           int money;

           int enemydmg;

           int yourdmg;

          srand ( time(NULL) );

          enemydmg = rand() % 10 + 1;

          yourdmg = rand() % 10 + 1;

          

          

//Opening   

cout << "Hello there! What's your name?: \n";

getline (cin, name);

cout << "Welcome,";

cout << name;

cout << " , to Mage Wars! We are in a world of need, and we are hoping a true"; 

cout << "hero like you would help us! Please! Destroy the evil mages! \n\n";

cout << "Are you ready? 1: Yes 2: No \n";

cin >> ready;

          

           } else if(ready == 2){

    cout << "Come back when you are ready!";

    

            } else {



                cout << "Wrong reply!";

          

   if (ready == 1){

       

//Main Game Starts Here

        cout << "What would you like to do? \n";

        cout << "1) Kill some evil mages! \n";

        cout << "2) Buy some stuff! \n";

        cout << "3) Check my status! \n";

        cin >> option;

        

if (option == 1){



        cout << "kill";



        } else if(option == 2){



                cout << "buy";



        } else if(option == 3){



                cout << "stats";



        }





        } else {



                cout << "Wrong reply!";



        }

        cout << yourdmg << "you been attacked";



        } else if(option == 2){



                cout << "buy";



        } else if(option == 3){



                cout << "stats";



        }

        } else {



                cout << "Wrong reply!";

                



}

        

system("PAUSE");



}

ACtually, I forgot the main include iostream... i'm full of mistakes..

Read this:

http://www.cppreference.com/cppstring/index.html

Hope that helps. :)

Thanks Prm!
Okay, last question, pretty simple.
How do I slow the time of when cout starts? Like I want 10 seconds before one cout is actually processed.. anyway?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnack

Thanks Prm!
Okay, last question, pretty simple.
How do I slow the time of when cout starts? Like I want 10 seconds before one cout is actually processed.. anyway?

You need to use some kind of a delay. There is no sleep() function in standard C++, but you can roll your own. Simply store the current time in a time_t variable, then loop until the current time is x seconds greater. This should work:

void sleep(int delay)

{

  time_t start = time(NULL);

  double delay_double = delay;  // do the conversion once, rather than each iteration of the loop

  while(difftime(time(NULL), start) < delay_double)

    ;

}

The downside to this approach is that it, like any tight waiting loop, is needlessly demanding on the CPU. You should see if your OS supports some kind of sleep() function. Generally, such a function will put the thread to sleep for the requested duration, rather than consume CPU cycles while it's idling.