Strings

[computermajor12]

I need to make a program that asks for a name, and until the user enters Bernice it keeps asking for name.

  1 #include<iostream>
  2 using namespace std;
  3 
  4 int main()
  5 {
  6   int name;
  7   string Bernice;
  8   string Bernice= "Bernice";
  9 
 10   cout << "Please enter a name" << endl;
 11   cin>> name;
 12 
 13   while (name!=Bernice)
 14   {
 15     cout << "Please enter another name" << endl;
 16     cin >> name;
 17   }
 18 
 19   cout << "Correct name, You entered Bernice" << endl;
 20 
 21 }
 22 

This is what I have so far. I'm not sure if all my variables are correct or if I'm correctly defining the string Bernice.

[Peter87]

What makes you think the program is not already working?

[Moeljbcp]

First thing I see off the bat is that you're double declaring Bernice -- you only need to type string once, when you're initially declaring the variable. After that you can just use it normally. i.e.

string Bernice;
Bernice = "Bernice";

Second thing is you're accepting input into an integer and then comparing it to a string which makes no sense. Fix those things and you might be able to get it working.

[freddy92]

 1 #include<iostream>
  2 using namespace std;
  3 
  4 int main()
  5 {
  6   int name;  // This needs to be a string
  7   string Bernice;  // You do not need this, the next line covers the whole declaration
  8   string Bernice= "Bernice";
  9 
 10   cout << "Please enter a name" << endl;
 11   cin>> name;
 12 
 13   while (name!=Bernice)
 14   {
 15     cout << "Please enter another name" << endl;
 16     cin >> name;
 17   }
 18 
 19   cout << "Correct name, You entered Bernice" << endl;
 20 
 21 }
 22 

[vlad from moscow]

You may not define a name twice as you did with Bernice;. The compiler shall issue an error. Also variable name shall be defined as std::string.

As for your assignment then it is very simple

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
   const char *Bernice = "Bernice";
   string name;

   cout << "Please enter a name" << endl;
   cin>> name;

   while ( name != Bernice )
   {
      cout << "Please enter another name" << endl;
      cin >> name;
   }
 
   cout << "Correct name, You entered " << Bernice << endl;
 
}