Continue statement not within a loop.

[moe93]

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int drinks;

    cout<<"Hello to the virtual Beverage Machine."<<endl;
    cout<<"Please choose your prefered beverage.\n";
    cout<<"1. Pepsi"<<endl;
    cout<<"2. 7Up"<<endl;
    cout<<"3. Uva"<<endl;
    cout<<"4. CocaCola"<<endl;
    cout<<"5. Bison"<<endl;
    cout<<":: ";
    cin>>drinks;
    cin.ignore();

        switch (drinks) {
        case 1:
        cout<<"You have chosen Pepsi";
        break;

        case 2:
        cout<<"You have chosen 7Up";
        break;

        case 3:
        cout<<"You have chosen CocaCola";
        break;

        case 4:
        cout<<"You have chosen RedBull";
        break;

        case 5:
        cout<<"You have chosen Bison";
        break;

        default:
        cout<<"You have chosen an invalid beverage.\n";
        cout<<"Please, press enter to choose again.\n";
        continue;

        }
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}

So the thing is, why am I getting the (Continue statement not within a loop.) error?

and if it is possible, how can i assign the (You have chosen) into a variable? because whenever I type in:
char chosen [25]= You have chosen
it always gets the (You) only..

[Bazzy]

Because the continue statement can only be within a loop
Use std::strings instead of char arrays.

[quirkyusername]

continue stops the current iteration of the loop and goes straight to the next iteration, what exactly were you trying to accomplish with your continue statement?

[moe93]

I thought that (switch) was a loop statement.
and thanks for the advice..=)

and isnt the (continue statement) used to "continue" the loop?? or is it something else?
you guys have to go easy on me, am a total noob..yet=P

[quirkyusername]

Like I said, continue quits the current iteration of a loop, so if a continue statement is before the functionality of the loop it won't do anything for that iteration. See below:

for (int i=1; i<=5; i++)
{
        if ( i == 3 )
                continue;

        std::cout << i << "\n";
}

this will output

1
2
4
5

make sense?