I'll post the code before i explain whats wrong

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

using namespace std;

int main()
{
string password;
string kerry;

cout<< "Enter Password: " <<endl;
cin>> password;

if (password == kerry)
cout<< "Access Granted, Loading..." <<endl;
cout<< "Type the name of a folder below to access it." <<endl;
cout<< "Documents" <<endl;
cout<< "Media" <<endl;
cout<< "Temp" <<endl;

else
cout<< "Access Denied, Program Terminated..." <<endl;

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

(1) it doesn't read the password, it always throws away access granted

(2) [error] syntax error before 'else'

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

if (password == kerry)
cout<< "Access Granted, Loading..." <<endl;

so the IF statement is just doing that first line.. (then there is no else after that, so it assumes its finished, and shows the other lines below normally

cout<< "Type the name of a folder below to access it." <<endl;
cout<< "Documents" <<endl;
cout<< "Media" <<endl;
cout<< "Temp" <<endl;

else
cout<< "Access Denied, Program Terminated..." <<endl;

so basically fix it with

if (password == kerry) { cout<< "Access Granted, Loading..." <<endl; cout<< "Type the name of a folder below to access it." <<endl; cout<< "Documents" <<endl; cout<< "Media" <<endl; cout<< "Temp" <<endl; } else cout<< "Access Denied, Program Terminated..." <<endl;

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string kerry ("mypass1"), ooooh. Ok, I get it.

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

May God bless you as you study and learn.

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graynod -> "my head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free" -- the Pixies

If you want "kerry" to be the password, try

string kerry("kerry");

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[This message has been edited by CobraA1 (edited March 04, 2005).]

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graynod -> "my head was feeling scared but my heart was feeling free" -- the Pixies

2nd off I set strings/characters like:
string kerry = "blahblah";

works the same for me.

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using std::cout;
using std::endl;

etc.

string s("test") is better because it calls the constructor, string s = "456453" calls the empty constructor then the = operator.

system("PAUSE") is not C++, it's system specific. I'd avoid such calls if I could.

You're obviously in at the deep end here, you should buy a beginners book like 'teach yourself C++ in 24 hours' and work through it before thinking about writing any games. The world is full of really bad games from people who didn't learn to program first. I admire your enthusiasm, but you'd do better to get some basic syntax under your belt before attempting anything remotely complex. :-)

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