C++ game making help?!?!?!?!

closed account (EAUX92yv)
Hi I am currently working on a simple text based game for practice. However, my compiler, Visual C++ Express, keeps giving me an error.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "iostream"
#include "windows.h"
#include "targetver.h"
#include "string"
using namespace std;
int health=15;
int inventory;
int partylimit;
int jobnum;
string job;
string party1;
string party2;
string jobpartymember;
char q1;
char q2;
char q3;
char q4;
char q5;
char q6;
char q7;
char q8;
char q9;
char q10;
char q11;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
cout<<"Welcome to World Explorers!\n";
cout<<"In this game, you are a young explorer that wants to have more of an adventurous life\n";
cout<<"In your small village, what job do you have?\n";
cout<<"A. Farmer\n";
cout<<"B. Blacksmith\n";
cout<<"C. Tailor\n";
cout<<"D. I had no job\n";
cin>>q1;
if (q1="a" || "A" || "a." || "A.")
{
job="Farmer";
jobnum=1;
}
else if (q1="b" || "B" || "b." "B.")
{
job="Blacksmith";
jobnum=2;
}
else if (q1="c" || "C" || "c." || "C.")
{
job="tailor";
jobnum=3;
}
else if (q1="d" || "D" || "d." || "D.")
{
job="None";
jobnum=4;
}
cout<<"Good choice of a job.\n";
Sleep(2000);
system("CLS");
cout<<"One night, you decide that it's time to leave. So, you grab a knife and go.\n";
cout<<"You also take a loaf of bread and knapsack to carry it all in.\n";
if (jobnum=1);
{
jobpartymember="Pablo";
else if (jobnum=2);
{
jobpartymember="Mark";
}
}
return 0;
}
The error occurs near the end of the code, where there is the last "else if". Can someone please help tell me what's wrong with it?


There are a couple of lines with an unwanted semicolon which ends the statement too soon.

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if (jobnum=1);
{
jobpartymember="Pablo";
else if (jobnum=2);
{
jobpartymember="Mark";
}
}


should (I think) be :

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if (jobnum=1) 
{
    jobpartymember="Pablo";
    else if (jobnum=2)
    {
        jobpartymember="Mark";
    }
}
closed account (EAUX92yv)
Thanks for the help!
Actually, I think it probably should be like this:
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if (jobnum == 1) 
{
    jobpartymember="Pablo";
    else if (jobnum == 2)
    {
        jobpartymember="Mark";
    }
}


Note "==" is used to compare two values. But "=" on its own sets the variable on the left to have the value of the expression on the right. Easily mixed up, but the compiler may issue a warning to get you to double-check such statements.

Other lines are wrong too, such as this one:
if (q1="a" || "A" || "a." || "A.")

Might be better like this:
if (q1=='a' || q1== 'A')
Several different errors there, comparing a single char with a string, doing assignment instead of compare, as well as the "or" part being wrong. The code needs some work :)
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In addition to that, the else-if is inside the else brackets
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if (jobnum == 1) 
{
    jobpartymember="Pablo";
} // add this here
else if (jobnum == 2)
{
    jobpartymember="Mark";
}
//} remove this bracket 
Dont use global variables, it's a horrible programming practice unless you're placing constants there.

Also, please use code tags and use proper indentation in your code so it is easier to read.
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