Function returning a value

[IbtihajT]

I am making a game commonly know as the Hangman using C++.
Now i am trying to add a man in it like this
0
\|/
|
/ \

no the problem i am facing is that i am using a check that if a function returns the value 0 "return 0" it means the guess is wrong and it will not update the man but if it returns any value there will be a function called which will update the man.

i just wanna know that how i am going to use the check
the kind of thing that i am trying to use is, in general words "if(function returns a value)
then update the man"

int main()
{
return match;
}
how are we going to use it in check that if int main is returning 'match' in the check
plz help !!!

[Texan40]

Hangman starts with no man, correct? When you guess correctly, nothing is added. When you guess incorrectly, a part of the man is added. If you guess incorrectly too many times the entire man is hanged, game over. in pseudo:

if guess wrong, add part of man, move on to next guess
if guess right, move on to next guess
if man is complete, lose
if word has been completed, win

[shoyoninja]

You can simply use the NOT operator on the function call, so if the return value is 0 (false), it will evaluate true, and the code will be executed. In this manner:

int functionX()  //*The funciton that will return the value 0, amongst other values.
{
     int match=0;
     return match;
}

int main()
{
     if (!functionX()) //*execute and test the function that returns such value
     {
           //*Do your wrong answer stuff
     }
}

Note that "match" will only exist inside the function, thats not what you are going to test!

[IbtihajT]

Thanx Guyz it helped Alot and i am done with my assignment of the Hangman game :)