cin not appearing in compiler

[jessiebnyc]

The second cin statement doesn't allow me to enter anything when I compile the code. The first one where you enter yes or no works fine. But the cin statement to enter a symbol won't show up in the compiled code. Why is that?

  #include <iostream>
char yes;
char no;
char symbol; 
double number1, number2;

int main()
{
	std::cout << "Welcome to my calculator\n"
		<< "Would you like to use the calculator?\n"
		<< "Please enter yes or no\n";
	std::cin >> yes, no;
	if (yes)
	{
		std::cout << "Please enter a symbol to indicate which type of problem we will be solving\n"
			<< "The choices are +, -, /, *, or % to find the modulus of two numbers\n";

		std::cin >> symbol;
	}

	else if (no)
	{
		std::cout << "Goodbye\n";
	}

	else
	{
		std::cout << "\nInvalid operator entered\n";
	}

		if (symbol == '+')
		{

			std::cout << "Please enter two numbers\n";
			std::cin >> number1 >> number2;

			std::cout << number1 << " plus " << number2 << " is " << number1 + number2 << '\n';
		}

		else if (symbol == '-')
		{
			double number1, number2;
			std::cout << "Please enter two numbers\n";
			std::cin >> number1 >> number2;


			std::cout << number1 << " minus " << number2 << " is " << number1 - number2 << '\n'
				<< number2 << " minus " << number1 << " is " << number2 - number1 << '\n';
		}

		else if (symbol == '/')
		{
			double number1, number2;
			std::cout << "Please enter two numbers\n";
			std::cin >> number1 >> number2;

			std::cout << number1 << " divided by " << number2 << " is " << number1 / number2 << '\n'
				<< number2 << " divided by " << number1 << " is " << number2 / number1 << '\n';
		}

		else if (symbol == '*')
		{
			double number1, number2;
			std::cout << "Please enter two numbers\n";
			std::cin >> number1 >> number2;

			std::cout << number1 << " times " << number2 << " is " << number1 * number2 << '\n';
		}

		else if (symbol == '%')
		{
			int number1, number2;
			std::cout << "Please enter two integers\n";
			// Can only use whole numbers for modulus
			std::cin >> number1 >> number2;

			if (number2 != 0) std::cout << number1 << " modulus " << number2 << " is " << number1 % number2 << '\n';
			if (number1 != 0) std::cout << number2 << " modulus " << number1 << " is " << number2 % number1 << '\n';
		}

		
}

[Jaybob66]

you need to include <string> to use strings/chars with streams.

#include <string>

EDIT: scratch that nonsense :)

[Ganado]

std::cin >> yes, no;
What are you trying to do here? You're using the comma operator incorrectly here.

I would instead have a char variable named "response" or something, and you should see whether response == 'y' or 'n'.

char response;
std::cin >> response;

if (response == 'y')
{
    ...
}
else if (response == 'n')
{
    ...
}
else
{
    // invalid input.
}

[jessiebnyc]

@Ganado. You just helped me so much. As you can probably tell I'm new to C++. I was stuck on that for awhile, but now my whole program works. Thanks!