C++: Switch statement within while loop?
- by Jason
I just started C++ but have some prior knowledge to other languages (vb awhile back unfortunately), but have an odd predicament. I disliked using so many IF statements and wanted to use switch/cases as it seemed cleaner, and I wanted to get in the practice.. But..
Lets say I have the following scenario (theorietical code):
while(1) {
//Loop can be conditional or 1, I use it alot, for example in my game
char something;
std::cout << "Enter something\n -->";
std::cin >> something;
//Switch to read "something"
switch(something) {
case 'a':
cout << "You entered A, which is correct";
break;
case 'b':
cout << "...";
break;
}
}
And that's my problem. Lets say I wanted to exit the WHILE loop, It'd require two break statements?
This obviously looks wrong:
case 'a':
cout << "You entered A, which is correct";
break;
break;
So can I only do an IF statement on the 'a' to use break;? Am I missing something really simple?
This would solve a lot of my problems that I have right now.
