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cin is ambiguous and how to clean my code up

wakamotorcycle (1)
Hi. I'm writing an super easy program that gives the user the time standards for swimming when they enter the choices they want: Gender>>Age>>Time standard>>Event>>time.

Now my problem is that using visual studio express 2012 it said "Intellisense: cin is ambiguous". I have no idea how to fix this.

Also if there is any other better way to clean up my code I would like some advice. I recently found out about the goto function and tried using that to skip through the function without using excessive amount of if else statements.

Also I didn't finish the entire code yet. I still need to input the data for the time standard and the path for "event". 


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 int main(){
	opening oo;
	oo.opencout();
tryagain:
	oo.gendercout();
	int gender;
	cin >> gender;
	if(gender==1){
		goto tryagainagem;
	} else{
		if(gender==2){
			goto tryagainagef;
		} else{
			cout << "That is not an option" << endl;
			goto tryagain;
			}
	}
tryagainagem:
	oo.whichagegroup;
	int agegroup;
	cin >> agegroup;
	if (agegroup==1){
		goto tryagainm10;}
	else{
		if (agegroup==2){
			goto tryagainm11;}
		else{
			if (agegroup==3){
				goto tryagainm13;}
			else{
				if (agegroup==4){
					goto tryagainm15;}
				else{
					if(agegroup==5){
						goto tryagainm17;}
					else{
						cout << "That is not an option" << endl;
						goto tryagainagem;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

tryagainagef:
		oo.whichagegroup;
	int agegroup;
	cin >> agegroup;
	if (agegroup==1){
		goto tryagainf10;}
	else{
		if (agegroup==2){
			goto tryagainf11;}
		else{
			if (agegroup==3){
				goto tryagainf13;}
			else{
				if (agegroup==4){
					goto tryagainf15;}
				else{
					if(agegroup==5){
						goto tryagainf17;}
					else{
						cout << "That is not an option" << endl;
						goto tryagainagef;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
tryagainm10:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainf10:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainm11:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainf11:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainm13:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainf13:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainm15:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainf15:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainm17:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
tryagainf17:
	oo.whichtimestandard();
	int x;
	cin >> x;
	if (x==1){
		
	}
	else{
		if(x==2){
			
		}
		else{
		if(x==3){

		}
		else{
		if(x==4){

		}
		else{
senior:
		if(x==5){

		}
	    else{
		if(x==6){

		}
		else{
			cout << "That is not an option." << endl;
			goto tryagainm10;
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
		}
	pause();
	return 0;
}
closed account (j3Rz8vqX)
how to clean my code up
Use loops, possibly functions, and other means of validation can greatly improve the readability of your code.

An example of a possible validation procedure with loop + function:
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#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
void prompt(const char *str, int &data, int min, int max)
{
    const static char error[] = "That is not an option\n",
        buffer[] = "==================\n";
    cout<<buffer;
    do{
        cout<<str;
        cin>>data;
        cin.clear();                //Clears errors flags: cin
        cin.ignore(1000,'\n');      //Flush cin buffer
    }while((data<min || data>max) && cout<<error);
}
int main()
{
    int gender, ageGroup, timeStandard, event, time;

    prompt("\nWhat gender (1-2): ",gender,1,2);
    prompt("\nWhat age group (1-5): ",ageGroup,1,5);
    prompt("\nWhat time standard (1-5): ",timeStandard,1,5);
    prompt("\nWhat event (1-5): ",event,1,5);
    prompt("\nWhat time (1-5): ",time,1,5);

    cout<<"Press <enter> to exit console: ";
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}
 
==================

What gender (1-2): 3
That is not an option

What gender (1-2): 2
==================

What age group (1-5): 6
That is not an option

What age group (1-5): 4
==================

What time standard (1-5): 2
==================

What event (1-5): 3
==================

What time (1-5): 1
Press <enter> to exit console:
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