Problems with the goto statement

[JFloyd]

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main ()
{
    goto test2;
string action_string;
string deci_string;
string shop_string;
    int hp;
    int maxhp;
    int mhp;
    int att;
    int matt;
    int currexp;
    int expg;
    int lv;
    int z;
    int gold;
    int potion;
    int herb;
    int weapon;
    potion = 0;
    gold = 25;
    z = 0;
     maxhp = 100;
     hp = 100;
     mhp = mhp + 3 + matt * 2;
     att = att + lv * 5;
     matt = matt + mhp / 3;
     currexp = currexp + expg;
     lv = 1;
      
     cout << "+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+";
     cout << "\n";
     cout << "+                          Dragon Hunter                        +";
     cout << "\n";
      cout << "+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+";
      cout << "\n\n\n\n";
      cout << "Controls:\n-Type the commands on the side. Case is imporatant.";
      cout << "\n-You gain a level when your experience is full. Level ups give \n you more health, and attack power. \n-Gold is used to by new equipment and sleep at the inn.";
      cout << "\nType OK to continue.";
      cout << "\n";
      z = z + 1;
      
      
      while (z = 1)
      {
      cin >> deci_string;
      if (deci_string == "OK")
      {
       cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour adventure starts in the town of Ravenhome. \nYou're a young man, whos destiny is woven into the fabric of time.\n";

       if (z = 2)
      {
         ravenhome;
          cout << "+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+" << endl;
    cout << " " << endl;
    cout << "You are in the town square of Ravenhome. Here are your options: " << endl;
    cout << "Hunt - Traverse the fields, to find monsters." << endl;
    cout << "Shop - Enter the market to buy equipment." << endl;
    cout << "Travel - Travel to a different town." << endl;
    cout << "Stats - Check statistics." << endl;
    cout << " " << endl;
    cout << "+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+" << endl;
    cout << " " << endl;
    cout << "Which do you choose? \n";
    cin >> action_string;
    
    if (action_string == "Stats"){
                      cout << "You're Health is ";
                      cout << hp;
                      cout << " out of ";
                      cout << maxhp;
                      cout << ".\n";
                      cout << "You have ";
                      cout << gold;
                      cout << " Gold.\n";
                      cout << "You're inventory contains:\n";
                      cout << potion;
                      cout << " Potions";
                      cout << z;
}


if (action_string == "Shop")
    {
    test2; 
    cout << "Here is a list of items you may purchase\n\n";
    cout << "     Items        \n" ;
    cout << "------------------\n" ;
    cout << "-Potion, Ten Gold.\n\n" ;
    cout << "      Weapons     \n" ;
    cout << "------------------\n" ;
    cout << "-Dagger, Twenty Five Gold\n" ;
    cout << "-Baselard, One Hundred Fifty Gold\n";  
    cin >> shop_string;
    
    
if (shop_string == "Potion") {
  if (gold >= 10){
            potion = potion + 1;
   gold = gold - 10;
   cout << "That will be Ten Gold";
   goto shop;
}
else {
     cout << "You don't have enough Gold";
   
}
}
if (shop_string == "Dagger") {
   if (lv >= 2)    {
                   
    weapon = 1;
    gold = gold - 25;
}
    else {
        cout << "You need to be a higher level\n" ;
        }
        
if (shop_string == "Baselard") {
   if (lv >= 4)    {
                   
    weapon = 2;
    gold = gold - 150;
}
    else {
        cout << "You need to be a higher level\n" ;
     
     
      
}
if (shop_string == "Leave") {
                goto ravenhome;
                }
}
}
}
}
}


else {
         cout << "Unknown Command: ";
         cout << action_string;
         cout << "\nTry again.\n";
         
         cin >> action_string;
         }
}
    cin.get();
    return 0;

}

For some odd reason, I can't get the goto function to work at all.
I've even just c&p'd a tutorial off the internet, and it doesn't work.
It says that they're all unidentified.

[Tevsky]

You shouldn't be using goto statements. Though there are very rare cases where they can be used usefully, they should generally be avoided. There is usually going to be a much better way. And the gotos are very poorly laid out in this program.

Though I will tell you the compiler is complaining because when you are making the label, the statement is finished with a colon (:) and not a semi-colon (;).

This apparent "tutorial" should really be an example of how not to program, as opposed to a useful tool for learning. Aside from the syntax errors, the very first line in the entry point of the program calls a goto before initializing any variables, variables that are used in the code that was skipped to.

[JFloyd]

Ah. Well, I just threw that in there to test it. I was wanting to skip all the variables.
Thank you for clearing that up. It's odd, because all the tutorials I found online, use ;, not :.
Well, I suppose I better start re-writing things then....