Do while / Switch Menu Design

[sportstool]

How do I get outChar underneath the menu as well?
See this for example for Option 4: http://i60.tinypic.com/33onmgx.png

Thank you.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {

char command;
char outChar = 0;


do {
		cout << endl;
		cout << "Menu Design. Select An Option, or Enter 5 to Quit." << endl;
		cout << "1: O" << endl;
		cout << "2: !" << endl;
		cout << "3: ." << endl;
		cout << "4: *" << endl;
		cout << "5: Quit" << endl;

		cout << "Your Selection: ";
		cin >> command;
		cout << outChar;
		system("cls");
 
 switch (command)
 {
      case '1':
		outChar = 'O';
        cout << outChar;
        break;

	  case '2':
        outChar = '!';
        cout << outChar;
		break; 
     
	 case '3':
		 outChar = '.';
		 cout << outChar;
		break; 
     
	 case '4':
        outChar = '*';
		cout << outChar;
		break; 
    
	case '5':
        return 0;
		break; 

	default:
        cout<< "Bad input." << endl;

    }
 
	for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) 
	{
		cout << outChar;
	}

} while(command!='5');    

cin.get();
cin.ignore();

} 

[Peter87]

You have one double quote too much on line 42.

[sportstool]

Thanks! but the desired functionality of the program still doesnt work haha

[mutexe]

not sure what you want it to do?
currently it prints out the user selected value 50 times yes? what do you mean by 'underneath the menu'?

[sportstool]

@mutexe Right now it is only printing the characters at the top of the menu, but I want it below as well. See this http://i60.tinypic.com/33onmgx.png

[mutexe]

put lines 54 to 57 inside a function, passing in outChar as a parameter, then call it wherever you want.

[sportstool]

@mutexe I'm sorry, but I have no idea what that is.. Can you show me how that would work in my code so I can learn for future reference? Thank you.

[whitenite1]

@sportstool

Here is what I think you are referring to.

EDIT:: Corrected some code. Added comments as to what I did

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <Windows.h>

using namespace std;

void ClearScreen(); // Forgot to add in declare. Had function before main()
// but changed it after pasting.

int main()
{

char command = '=';
// string outChar(50,command);  Remove. Don't need here.


do {
		string outChar(50,command);
		cout << outChar << endl;
		cout << "Menu Design. Select An Option, or Enter 5 to Quit." << endl;
		cout << "1: O" << endl;
		cout << "2: !" << endl;
		cout << "3: ." << endl;
		cout << "4: *" << endl;
		cout << "5: Quit" << endl;

		cout << "Your Selection: " << endl;
		
		cout << outChar << endl;
		cin >> command;

		ClearScreen(); // Use instead of a system call
 
 switch (command)
 {
      case '1':
		command = 'O';
        break;
	  case '2':
        command = '!';
  		break; 
  	 case '3':
		 command = '.';
		 break; 
  	 case '4':
        command = '*';
		break; 
	case '5':
        return 0;
		break; 
	default:
        cout<< "Bad input." << endl;
    }
 
} while(command!='5');    

cin.get();
cin.ignore();

} 

void ClearScreen()
  {
   DWORD n;
  DWORD size;
  COORD coord = {0};
  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
  HANDLE h = GetStdHandle ( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo ( h, &csbi );
  size = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
  FillConsoleOutputCharacter ( h, TEXT ( ' ' ), size, coord, &n );
  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo ( h, &csbi );
  FillConsoleOutputAttribute ( h, csbi.wAttributes, size, coord, &n );
  SetConsoleCursorPosition ( h, coord );
  }

I'll let mutexe show a function call style.

[sportstool]

@whitenite1 yes, that's it. thank you.