Needing some help with a text base game.

[binaary]

Morning.

I'm a completely new programmer who hopefully plans on going to college this September, so I'm trying to get a good head start with C++. I've decided the best way to learn is to create something I'm interested in. I've decided to make a text base game with user interaction and hopefully lots of different ways to play.

I've found a snippet of code about making users interact with a couple of options. The first one I'm planning on using is picking between 3 weapons, a sword, staff and bow

I have a couple of problems

1.the compiler doesn't like the cin >> choiceOne_Path;
2. I'm not sure what the system(cls) is for

 #include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string charname;;

	cout << "welcome to Carlisle, please select players name" << endl;
	getline (cin,charname);
	
	cout << "\nwelcome to the game " << charname << endl;
	cout<<"\n-------------------Press any key to continue-------------------" << endl;
	system("pause");
	cout <<"\game text here."<< endl;

system("cls");
	int choiceOne_Path;
	cout << "which one would you like to pick up:\n";
	cout << "\n Enter 1 to pick up the sword"<< endl;
	cout << "\n Enter 2 to pick up the bow" << endl;
	cout << "\n Enter 3 to pick up the staff" << endl;
	retry:
	cout << "\n Enter your choice"
	cin >> choiceOne_Path;
	
	if(choiceOne_Path == 1)
		
		{
			cout >> "You have picked up the sword" << endl;
			
		}
	else if(choiceOne_Path == 2)
	{
			cout >> "You have picked up the bow" << endl;
				
	}
	
	else if (choiceOne_Path == 3)
	{
			cout >> "You have picked up the staff"<< endl;
	}
}

[Moschops]

What's missing from the end of line 23?

[Flaze07]

systen("cls") is to clear your console screen

also...I think you are trying to use goto ?? why not use do..while instead ?

[binaary]

@moschops cheers for the help

@Flaze I just found a tutorial. well code snippets from a website and was just following that. Not really sure what I'm trying to do at the minute, it's just a play about.