C++ how to continue the main until user selection is exit selection

Question

int main()
{
    string selection;
    // print out selection menu
    selection = userOption();
    cout << selection << endl;

    //now perform web parser
    webparser(selection);    

    //now perform searchstring
    searchString(selection);
return 0;
}

Above is my partial code string userOption() is a function that print out the menu like this kind

Currency

USD/SGD
EUR/USD
Enter your own currency pair
Exit from program

How do i make main don't exit until selection is 4 from userOption

For your interest: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list — chris, Jul 25 '12 at 06:17

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 06:18

A simple do-while:

int main()
{
  string exitstr("4");
  string selection;
  do {
    // print out selection menu
    selection = userOption();
    cout << selection << endl;
    if (selection == exitstr)
      break;
    //now perform web parser
    webparser(selection);    

    //now perform searchstring
    searchString(selection);
  } while (1);
return 0;
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 25 '12 at 06:37

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int main()
{
    string selection;
    while( (selection = userOption()) != "4")
    {
        cout << selection << endl;
        //now perform web parser
        webparser(selection);    
        //now perform searchstring
        searchString(selection);
    }
    return 0;
}

edited Jul 25 '12 at 06:37

jahhaj

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 06:17

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How do you load new user input? – Adam Trhon Jul 25 '12 at 06:19
"selection = userOption();" should be inside the loop – bmkorkut Jul 25 '12 at 06:20

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 06:19

int main()
{
    for (;;)
    {
        string selection;
        // print out selection menu
        selection = userOption();
        cout << selection << endl;

        if (selection == "4") break;

        //now perform web parser
        webparser(selection);    

        //now perform searchstring
        searchString(selection);
    }
    return 0;
}

Similar to perreals answer. There are many ways how to write "endless" loop, and I think that expressing it in the loop header (either as this or by while(true) ) is better - when you start reading the loop, you know immediatelly that the end condition is somewhere inside.

C++ how to continue the main until user selection is exit selection

Currency

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