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How do you declare a global variable?

Zolo Skulldu (9)
Hey Guys

I am trying to declare a global variable (Please don't say not to... I just wanna know how too) but I don't know where to put it or how to! Here is my code so far and the global variable I want to add but how can I do it?

Global Variable:
int playerLocation = 0;

My code so far:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>


using namespace std;

bool running = 1;

int userInput = 0;

int playerInfo[2];

void titleFunc();

int main()
{
    void titleFunc(); {
    cout << "\t\t\t\t---Xeon---\n\n\n";
    cout << "\t\t\t\t 1: Play\n";

    cin >> userInput;
    if(userInput == 1) {
            void newGameFunc(); {
            cout << "Welcome to Xeon!\nAn unexlored world full of adventurous paths and dangerous creatures!\n\n\n";
            cout << "I am Zolo... The DragonBorn!\n\n\n";
            cout << "Since you are a new comer to Xeon...\nCould you please tell me a little about yourself?\n\n";
            cout << "Are you a boy or a girl?\n 1: Boy\n 2: Girl\n";
            cin >> userInput;
            playerInfo[0] = userInput;

            cout << "And what kind of person are you?\n 1: Warrior\n 2: Archer\n 3: Thief\n 4: Scout\n 5: Mist\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    playerInfo[1] = userInput;

    cout << "You suddenly feel a gentle breeze pushing you but you ignore it\n\n\n";


    cout << "I thought I senced that in you! So now... Wait... Where are you going... What is happening!!\n\n\n";


    cout << "You suddenly feel the breeze turning into a violent wind.\nYou look down at your hands but they start disapearing...\nEverything around you is becoming blury...\nYou suddenly feel very dizzy and your vision starts to fade...\nAnd then... Everything turns Black!\n\n\n";

    playerLocation = 1;


            }

    }
    else {
        running = 0;
    }
     return 0;
}

    while (running) {
            if(playerLocation == 1) {

    cout << "You look around and you are in a wild jungle.\n You walk for a bit and you find yourself at the edge of a cliff.\n Eveything looks amazing and tropical around you!\n You look down and there is a sky blue lake.\n";
    cout << "Do you jump down or turn back?\n 1: Jump\n 2: Turn around and walk away\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 2;

    else if(userInput == 2) playerLocation = 3;

}
  if(playerLocation == 2) {

    cout << "You jumped down and landed with a big splash in the crystal water\n While you are in the water you see a small cave\n";
    cout << "Do you enter the cave or do rise to the top of the water and walk away?\n 1: Enter the cave\n 2: Rise out of the water and walk away\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 4;

    else if(userInput == 2) playerLocation = 5;

}
  if(playerLocation == 3) {

    cout << "You walk away from the cliff and find yourself walking down a hill.\nYou suddenly stop and look behind you where you see a lion starting to chase you\nTo your right there is a shallow hole you could jump down that the lion couldnt fit\n OR you could run straight ahead to some vines hanging down infront of another cliff\n\n";
    cout << "Do you go and hide in the hole or do you jump and swing on the vines?";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 6;

    else if(userInput == 2) playerLocation = 5;

}
  if(playerLocation == 4) {

    cout << "You have swam through a cave and found yourself on dry land... stil underground\n";
    cout << "1: Walk forward\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 7;


}
  if(playerLocation == 5) {

    cout << "You find yourself at the edge of a cliff...\nYou jump off and grab hold of some vines and start swinging.\nYou grab onto another vine but it breaks and you fall to the ground with a hard thump!\n";
    cout << "After laying on the ground for what felt like hours you finally find the strength to stand\n 1: Walk foward\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 12;

}
  if(playerLocation == 6) {

    cout << "You make it to the hole just in time before the lion swipes at you\nThere is a small hole to your right\n You manage to just fit through it and below you there is a drop into a cave\n";
    cout << "1: Drop down\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 8;


}
  if(playerLocation == 7) {

    cout << "You have made your way through the cave and you see a fiery pit.\nYou search around a bit and you find a small opening\n";
    cout << "Are you going to go through the small opening or be a badass and go across the fire\n 1: Small opening\n 2: Fiery pit\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 52;

    else if(userInput == 2) playerLocation = 9;

}
  if(playerLocation == 8) {

    cout << "You jump down through the hole and find yourself in a cave full of smoke\n";
    cout << "You believe you are about to get overwealmed by the smoke so you start running\n 1: Run ahead\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 9;


}
  if(playerLocation == 9) {

    cout << "After adventuring forward for a while you find yourself with two paths.\n One is straight ahead and one is to your right.\n";
    cout << "Do you turn right or keep going forward?\n 1: Turn right\n 2: Walk forward\n";

    cin >> userInput;

    if(userInput == 1) playerLocation = 53;

    else if(userInput == 2) playerLocation = 10;

}


    }
    return 0;
}

I havnt done the last half of the places or and mobs/weapons!

PLEASE HELP ME!
Zolo Skulldu (9)
Wait ok so in my code up the top here is what I have done to declare it but IT WONT WORK!

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>


using namespace std;

bool running = 1;

int userInput = 0;

int playerInfo[2];

void titleFunc();

int playerLocation = 0;

int main()
{
    void titleFunc(); {
    cout << "\t\t\t\t---Xeon---\n\n\n";
    cout << "\t\t\t\t 1: Play\n";

    cin >> userInput;
    if(userInput == 1) {
            void newGameFunc(); {
            cout << "Welcome to Xeon!\nAn unexlored world full of adventurous paths and dangerous creatures!\n\n\n";
            cout << "I am Zolo... The DragonBorn!\n\n\n";
            cout << "Since you are a new comer to Xeon...\nCould you please tell me a little about yourself?\n\n";
            cout << "Are you a boy or a girl?\n 1: Boy\n 2: Girl\n";
            cin >> userInput;
            playerInfo[0] = userInput;
.....

So How will I make this work?
IceThatJaw (529)
Any variables declared outside of a function (main included) or class is considered a global variable. You already declared 4 of them.


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