Closing the Console after cout

[George1993]

I'm writing a small game for university and on launch it gives the user the choice whether to actually play the game by either entering N/Y. If the player enters 'N', I want the console to close. But I can't seem how to figure it out.

The code looks like this;

  	if (answer == "N" || "n") // if the user enters either N or n 
	{
		cout << "Okay, Maybe next time..." << endl;
		// Console Close to go here
	}
	else if (answer == "Y" || "y") {
		cout << "Let's play!" << endl;
		
	}

I have tried

return 0; //Still closes console when inputting Y
system("PAUSE")
_getch();
exit;

There might be an easier way to have the Y or N handled, but I'm a beginner :)

[Chervil]

if (answer == "N" || "n")

I assume answer is declared as a string? (often a char would be used).

    string answer;
    cin >> answer;

Either way, the if-statement is incorrect. You need to state both parts in full,

if (answer == "N" || answer == "n")

and the same with the case for "Y" / "y".

If you use a char, things can be a little simpler - though it might seem like it is more complicated at first :)

First include this header

#include <cctype> // needed for tolower 

    char answer;
    cin >> answer;
    answer = tolower(answer); // convert to lower case.

    if (answer == 'n') // if the user enters either N or n 
    {
        cout << "Okay, Maybe next time..." << endl;
	// Console Close to go here
    }
    else if (answer == 'y')  // if the user enters either Y or y
    {
        cout << "Let's play!" << endl;
		
    }

Note the use of single quotes for character literals 'y' and 'n'.