please help with this loop

[Denvor]

i wrote this code and it works but it only asks the user to pick a seat once and then it assigns the seat and the code ends.i want it to ask over again untill my seats are filled and i can implement the top code.
this is the code

int main(){
    Reservation object;
    if (!object.availableSmoking() && !object.availableNonSmoking()) {
        cout << "the plane is full";
        cout << "the next flight leaves in 3 hours";
    }

    else {
        if (!object.availableSmoking()) {

            cout << "there are no smoking seats available";
            cout << "would you like to be seated in the non smoking section?";
        }
        if (!object.availableNonSmoking()) {
            cout << "there are no non smoking seats available";
            cout << "would you like to be seated in the smoking section";
        }
    }

    int answer;

    do {
        cout << "please type 1 for smoking or please type 2 for non-smoking\n";
        cin >> answer;

        if (answer == 1 && object.availableSmoking()) {
            cout << "you are in the smoking section and your seat number is" << object.reserveSmoking(answer) << endl;
        }

        if (answer == 2 && object.availableNonSmoking()) {
            cout << "you are in the non-smoking section and your seat number is" << object.reserveNonSmoking(answer) << endl;
        }
    } while (answer != 1 && answer != 2);
}

[salem c]

> while (answer != 1 && answer != 2)
If you type in 1, is this expression true or false?

[dhayden]

Turn your main() into a different function. Create a new main() that calls your function. The only real trick here was passing the Reserveation object as a parameter.

int reserveASeat(Reservation &object){
    if (!object.availableSmoking() && !object.availableNonSmoking()) {
        cout << "the plane is full";
        cout << "the next flight leaves in 3 hours";
    }

    else {
        if (!object.availableSmoking()) {

            cout << "there are no smoking seats available";
            cout << "would you like to be seated in the non smoking section?";
        }
        if (!object.availableNonSmoking()) {
            cout << "there are no non smoking seats available";
            cout << "would you like to be seated in the smoking section";
        }
    }

    int answer;

    do {
        cout << "please type 1 for smoking or please type 2 for non-smoking\n";
        cin >> answer;

        if (answer == 1 && object.availableSmoking()) {
            cout << "you are in the smoking section and your seat number is" << object.reserveSmoking(answer) << endl;
        }

        if (answer == 2 && object.availableNonSmoking()) {
            cout << "you are in the non-smoking section and your seat number is" << object.reserveNonSmoking(answer) << endl;
        }
    } while (answer != 1 && answer != 2);
}

int main()
{
    Reservation object;
    do {
        reserveASeat(object);
    } while (object.availableSmoking() || object.availableNonSmoking());
}