Declaring Intergers

[retype]

Hi, im new to the fourms and to C++ programming. I am quick learning and right now am working on a project for the fun of it. It is a blackjack Program. Anyways I wrote a lot of string and now i tried to make a function with a interger that isn't declared till i get to my main(). Can i make a function inside main or can i declare intergers outside of main(). I'm asking this before i start messing because i don't really want to screw up what i have now. Thanks for the help and if you just whana look at my program e-mail me at: [e-mail]
All advice is appreciated =D

[Galik]

You can declare integers outside of main. But you shouldn't really need to. You can't put function definitions inside other functions. But you shouldn't need to.

[retype]

Not functions inside funtions (srry i worded my question wierdly)
To be specific i'm working on choosing Ace to be eather 1 or 11. so i wrote a function like
void Acenumber1 ()
{
cout << "Do you want your ace to be a 1 or 11?";
int acenumber1answer
cin >> acenumber1answer
if ( acenumber1answer == 1)
{
randomcardcounter1 = 1
}
else
{
randomcardcounter1 = 11
}
}
i wrote this so when i have my random card number picked an Ace card i can call on this function (i have done it this way because i also have it calling on another function that phisically draws the ace card)
allthough i have declared "randomcardcounter1" in my main....
so im guessing my solution would be to just declare all my intergers before these functions?

[Galik]

You could consider returning the decision from the function a bit like this:

int valueOfAce()
{
    cout << "Do you want your ace to be a 1 or 11? ";
    int value;
    cin >> value;
    return value;
}

Then when you need to get the Ace value:

int main()
{
    // ... stuff ...

    int ace = valueOfAce();

    // ... stuff ...

}

[retype]

Yes i see. I think i will go with that. Thanks for your help. Also as just a side question how do you insert that box thing that shows code. it looks a lot more crisp than the mess i posted

[Galik]

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