If then statement not working as intended, involving logical operators.

[altbrian]

I'm am working on an assignment that involves if and then statements as well as logical operators.

My objective is to write a code for the price of pet tags. They way it works is you must state whether you have a dog or cat. If you have either then you must state whether it has been spayed. Depending on the choice you will get a price. IF you don't have a dog or cat, then it will skip to "Only cats and dogs need pet tags"

My question is that it works seamlessly when I don't use "||" in the "if (spayed == )" argument just as I wrote it when the user writes dog. So if you just type a lower case y, it will work as intended. however one of the objectives of the assignment is to make it work with both lowercase and uppercase Y. I tried to do this with the cat choice, but no matter the input i keep getting the first choice rather than the "else if" statement.

What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	string pet;         // "cat" or "dog"
	char spayed;        // 'y' or 'n'

	// Get pet type and spaying information
	cout << "Enter the pet type (cat or dog): ";
	cin >> pet;

	if (pet == "cat" || "dog")
	{
		// Determine the pet tag fee 
		if (pet == "cat")
		{
			cout << "Has the pet been spayed or neutered (y/n)? ";
			cin >> spayed;

				if (spayed == 'y' || 'Y')
					cout << "Fee is $4.00 \n";
				else if (spayed == 'n' || 'N')
					cout << "Fee is $8.00 \n";
		}
		else if (pet == "dog")
		{
			cout << "Has the pet been spayed or neutered (y/n)? ";
			cin >> spayed;

			if (spayed == 'y')
				cout << "Fee is $6.00 \n";
			else if (spayed == 'n')
				cout << "Fee is $12.00 \n";
		}
		else
			cout << "Only cats and dogs need pet tags";
	}

	return 0;
}

[Ganado]

if (pet == "cat" || "dog")

Common mistake.
Every condition between || or && must be an independent statement.

You have to say:
if (pet == "cat" || pet == "dog")

Also applies to your line 22 and 24

[altbrian]

Thank You!! I know this probably means nothing here, but-

+rep