Let me try my best to explain. This is off the top of my head so hopefully I can explain it correctly. The string class that I included simplifies the way strings are handled in C++. You probably haven't gotton to this part yet but C++ includes something called operator overloading. It just allows programmers to define operators for user-defined classes. The string class has overloaded the == operator and knows how to handle it. It just makes it easier to read. You can use the strcmp, but if using the string class it is easier to use ==. The getline function reads the input stream and puts it in the string. By default, it waits until the \n to stop reading, you can include a parameter to change that. I hope I haven't confused you. The main problem I have seen in your code is that you use a single char to store the answer. The first character typed is stored in the char and the rest ignored, but you don't want this. You want to make sure the user does type anything more than y or n. Here is a program using char array and strcmp. This is a slightly different getline here. The parameters are a bit different.
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
char playAgain[100];
int finished = 0;
while ( strcmp(playAgain,"y") != 0 && strcmp(playAgain,"n") != 0)
{
cout<<"Player 1 do you want to play again?"<<endl;
cin.getline(playAgain,100);
}
if (strcmp(playAgain,"n") == 0)
finished = 1;
else
{
cout<<"Player 2 do you want to play again?"<<endl;
cin.getline(playAgain,100);
while ( strcmp(playAgain,"y") != 0 && strcmp(playAgain,"n") != 0)
{
cout<<"Player 2 do you want to play again?"<<endl;
cin.getline(playAgain,100);
}
if (strcmp(playAgain,"n") == 0)
finished = 1;
}
if (finished)
cout<<"Finished"<<endl;
else
cout<<"Not finished"<<endl;
}
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