Hello list!
My name is Mark and I'm a new member. I'm a programmer with a background in
VB, .NET, php and a few other languages but not a lot of experience in c or c++.
A buddy of mine is taking a programming class in c++ and I normally offer
assistance but I'm stuck on this one and I have to know the answer out of
curiosity.
His goal is to ask the user 3 questions about the type of ice cream they want
to order.
Below is the code but I'm not sure I understand the use of getline in this
case. From what I read, it may be storing all 3 values in to a single string
and it needs to be split. If that's the case, what's the best way to handle
this? And will the 3 if statements work correctly at that point?
As it stands now, the program works fine if the user doesn't select chocolate
for the first or second question but if they do, it sets both the the first and
second value to chocolate regardless of whether they actually did that.
TIA,
Mark
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string icecream = "", topping = "", sprinkles = "";
string order;
do
{
if (icecream == "")
cout << "Do you want chocolate, vanilla, or twist?"<<endl;
if (topping == "")
cout << "Hot fudge, chocolate, or strawberry sauce?"<<endl;
if (sprinkles =="")
cout << "Do you want sprinkles (yes/no)?"<< endl;
getline(cin, order);
if ((order == "chocolate") || (order == "vanilla") || (order == "twist"))
icecream = order;
if ((order == "hot fudge") || (order == "chocolate") || (order ==
"strawberry"))
topping = order;
if ((order == "yes") || (order == "no"))
sprinkles = order;
}while ((icecream == "") || (topping == "") || (sprinkles ==""));
if (sprinkles == "yes")
cout << "You ordered "<< icecream << " ice cream with " << topping << " sauce
and sprinkles."<< endl;
else
cout << "You ordered "<< icecream << " ice cream with " << topping << " sauce
without sprinkles."<<endl;
}
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