It is not legal to use a switch/case statement on a non-integral type in C++.
On 2/9/2011 2:30 PM, Sina Bahram wrote:
Use a switch/case statement. Take care, Sina*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Littlefield, Tyler*Sent:* Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:27 PM *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* Re: If else if (direction == "north") { std::cout << "You go north." << std::endl; } else if (direction =="south") { std::cout << "You go south." << std::endl; } On 2/9/2011 3:07 PM, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: Hi.Now I've decided that I'll learn to do things both without goto, and with it. Because then I'll maybe discover that goto is bad:)I got one last code question today.I need so that my program can do more than one action. for example of writing a text adventure you want many.I've managed to put an if statement in my code. for example if direction=="south"; { cout<<"you go south."; } Now if I want to go north, how can I do that?I tried if else, but it only says "expected primary expression before else expected.Can you help me with this please? /Kristoffer --Thanks,Ty