Testing a string!?

[Kmose]

cout << "Is your player male (enter 'he') or female (enter 'she')?" << endl;

string gender;
cin >> gender;

// I'm trying to test whether the user entered he or she.

while (gender==//WHAT SHOULD I PUT HERE?)

do {

}

[Moschops]

while (gender=="he")

I note that you're using a while loop. Are you expecting the player to change gender mid-game?

[Aramil of Elixia]

you don't change gender mid game moschops ;)? i also note that you while do? where is the second while?

[Code Assassin]

And if the user enters "he", the condition will evaluate to true. Which means that you'll be left with an infinite loop.

[Aramil of Elixia]

yeah for infinite loops which is actually not true because he could have an exit or abort or return or change his gender

[moorecm]

I'm guess you're after something like this:

string gender;
do {
    cout << "Is your player male (enter 'he') or female (enter 'she')?" << endl;
    cin >> gender;
    
    // loop until gender is either "he" or "she"
} while( gender != "he" && gender != "she" );

[nickoolsayz]

cout << "Is your player male (enter 'he') or female (enter 'she')?" << endl;

string gender;
cin >> gender;

// I'm trying to test whether the user entered he or she.

while (gender==//WHAT SHOULD I PUT HERE?)

do {

}

isnt it as simple to find what the user entered as:

string gender;

cout << "Is your player male (enter 'he') or female (enter 'she')?" << endl;
getline (cin,gender);

cout << "The user entered " << gender << " for their selection." << endl;

[Aramil of Elixia]

hes not trying to find it hes trying to test it