#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
char age;
char result;

cout<< "How old are you?" <<endl;
cin.ignore();

if (age= '30+')
result = cout<< "HOLY CRAP YOUR OLD!" <<endl;
if (age= '30-')
result = cout<< "Dude...your young..." <<endl;
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

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Hard work often pays off in time, but lazieness always pays off now.

You'll want to use an int datatype for the age. In any case, that's not the proper way to compare strings anyways.

And get rid of result - it's not doing anything. You can't use it that way with cout anyways.

And you don't want cin.ignore(), you want cin >> age

And, geez, umm, don't want to sound insulting or anything, but spend another week reading your programming book . . .

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You are going to want an int version of age in addition to the input char string.

Look up what 'atoi()' does.

Find out what the difference is between '= and '=='.

Now check what '>=' and '<' do.

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quote:

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dont mean to sound insulting

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its okay, i'm kinda new...and i dont use a book. I'm really not as bad a programmer as i seem...i just didn't put much effort into that....

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Hard work often pays off in time, but lazieness always pays off now.

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"The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike." -- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), "The Poison of Subjectivism" (from Christian Reflections; p. 108)

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heres my new code...I dont get any errors, but it still doesnt work

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

string response[2] = {

"WOW YOUR OLD!",
"Dang your young.."};

string number;

cout<< "How old are you?" <<endl;
cin>> number;
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

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[This message has been edited by en972 (edited February 01, 2005).]

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void main( ) {
int age;

cout << "How old are you?" << endl;
cin >> age;

if (age >= 30)
cout << "WOW YOUR OLD!" << endl;
else
cout << "Dang your young.." << endl;

system("PAUSE");
}

It helps to get something that works and then make it so it doesn't work and figure out why. Examples from any book are a great place to start. Don't hesitate to ask more questions C++ is difficult and you seem to be on the right track.

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Vita sine Ieso est mors.
Life without Jesus is death.
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Keep the holy day sacred.......halllllllukan

I guess you need to change the void main() to int main() as well...

[This message has been edited by HeardTheWord (edited February 01, 2005).]

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Keep the holy day sacred.......halllllllukan