Restart program?

[givemefree]

i was wondering if there is a certain code to restart the program resetting all variables and such so like say if i do

int returnto;

cout << "enter 1 to restart, enter 2 to go to the second menu";

cin >> returnto
if (returnto = 1)
    xxxxx//this is the code to restart from the start
else if (returnto = 2)
    xxxxx//this is the code to return to the second menu
else 
    cout << "this selection is invalid";

but my problem is i dont know what to input to make it restart or continue from another menu like that, any ideas?

[Kyon]

Use loops, put the entire main-function body inside a do-while loop and check whether the input equals a value or not. If it equals it, the program will "start over", since it loops back, if not, it ends or goes to a next menu as you said.

int main()
{
   int returnto; // Potentially the only value that should be checkable outside of the "main loop".
   do
   {
      ... // Code here
      cout << "Enter 1 to restart, enter 2 to go to the second menu.";
      cin >> returnto;
   } while(returnto == 1);
   if (returnto == 2)
      ... // Second menu
}

[givemefree]

i was messing around with this and i seem to have made it loop correctly but it still retains data from the previous entries which kind of is counter-intuitive, it would loop back to the correct place but since the program witheld the previous variable, it goes ahead and continues to the case switch that i set up. Is there anything to make the program forget the variables that were placed previously by the user?

[Duthomhas]

No. You must always initialize your variables properly. Good luck!