While Loops for my Text RPG

[LtLeo]

I am trying to make a Text RPG game, But I can't seem to get do while or while to work. Here is my code.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;

void first();

void first()
{
	
	int x;
	
	
	
	
	
		
	cout << "You awake in a strange forest, you are dizzy and disoriented, and you see a large" << " \n" << "castle far in the distance. You feel a sharp pain in your back. You black out. \n" << endl;
	cout << "1) Wake-up" << endl;
	cin >> x;
	
	if (x==1)
	cout << "You awake in a prison cell, in what looks to be the large castle you observed" << " \n"  << "earlier.  \n";
	
	else
		first();
		
	

		
	

	
}



int main()
{
	first();

	


	system("pause");
	return 0;

}

When I run this, everything works fine, up until I enter something other than 1 for the variable X. It just makes the loop go on forever. What do I do to get this to work?

[Zaita]

Firstly, This has neither a do-while or a while loop.
Secondly, You're using recursion here. If you recurse too much you can smash your stack.
Thirdly, Your problem is that you're using cin >> x; without using a cin.ignore() to ignore any newline characters stored in the buffer.

[LtLeo]

I know it doesn't. I wanted to know how to just go back to the variable 'first' without any input after you enter something other than 1.

[LtLeo]

Also, adding cin.ignore just broke the program even more. Now entering 1 isn't even working right.

[Zaita]

cin >> x;
cin.ignore('\n');

[LtLeo]

that just makes a new line I can't do anything on. Like last time. But that isn't the problem. The problem I need fixed is exactly what I stated before. "I wanted to know how to just go back to the variable 'first' without any input after you enter something other than 1."

[Zaita]

I hate working with cin. Anyways, here is some code I tested that works using recursion.

void first() {
 cout << "Something something something darkside" << endl;
 cout << "1) Family Guy Reference" << endl;
 
 string temp;
 getline(cin, temp);

 stringstream ss;
 ss << temp;
 
 int x = 0;
 ss >> x;

 if (x == 1)
     cout << "Something!" << endl;
 else
     first();

}

int main() 
{
    first();

    system("pause");	
	return 0;
}