Help a fellow programmer

[jdmarcos97]

I'm a very beginner programmer and I'm trying to create a multiple languages application in c++, am also using functions, I'd appreciate if anyone could show some guidance as I can't seem to figure out how to properly return the value language, to later add a loop, the loop part I know how to. Thank you in advance

[#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

//choice between english and another language
int getLanguage();
//function to welcome the user
void displayWelcomeMessage(int);
//main menu choices


int main()
{
	int language = 0;

	language = getLanguage();

	displayWelcomeMessage(language);

	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

int getLanguage()
{
	int language = 2;
	/*while (lang < 1 || lang > 2)
	{
	cout << "Choose a language from bellow:\n";
	cout << "1- English \n2- Español\n";
	cin >> lang;
	count++;
	if (count == 5)
	lang = 1;
	}*/

	return language;
}

void displayWelcomeMessage(int language)
{
	if (language = 1)
	{
		cout << "\\*\\*\\*\\*\\ Welcome to The Space ";
		cout << "Travel Online Center! /*/*/*/*/" << endl;
	}
	else if (language = 2)
	{
		cout << "\\*\\*\\*\\*\\ Bienvenido al Centro Online de ";
		cout << " Viaje Espacial! /*/*/*/*/" << endl;
	}
}
]

  Put the code you need help with here.
[/int getLanguage()
{
	int language = 2;
	
	return language;
}]

[AbstractionAnon]

Line 42,47: You're using the assignment operator (=), not the comparison operator (==).

int getLanguage()
{   int count = 0;      //  was not defined
    int lang = 0;       //  initialize to a value that forces you through the loop
    
    while (lang < 1 || lang > 2)
    {   cout << "Choose a language from bellow:\n";
        cout << "1- English \n2- Español\n";
        cin >> lang;
        count++;
        if (count == 5)
            lang = 1;
    }            
    return lang;    // return lang, not language
}

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