How to have all options in one function? - c++

Question

So i'm making a text adventure game and I want to be able to have a function which has all the inputs in it. So instead of every time me making an if statement to check for every direction I can just put a function that has all of that in it. How do I make this?
string input;
while (input != "n", "s", "e", "w")
{
getline(cin, input);
if (input == "n")
{
dTable();
}
if (input == "e")
{
cout << "You sit on the sofa. Congratulations" << endl;
}
if (input == "w")
{
cout << "You just ran into a wall" << endl;
}
if (input == "s")
{
outsideHouse();
}
if (input == "stats")
{
stats();
}
if (input == "help")
{
help();
}
else
{
cout << "Sorry I am not Siri I don't understand" << endl;
getline(cin, input);
}
break;
}
return 0;
}

Answer 1

You see different approaches of using functions in here,
thats how I would solve this.
You can focus on adding new questions in the main() part and doesn't have to write
all the if-requests over and over.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
void help();
void stats();
string check(string input,string n,string s, string w, string e)
{
string result;
if (input == "n"){
result = n;}
else if (input == "s"){
result = s;}
else if (input == "w"){
result = w;}
else if (input == "e"){
result = e;}
else if (input == "help"){
cout << "help" << endl;} //help()
else if (input == "stats"){
cout << "stats" << endl;} // stats()
else if (input == "exit"){
result = "exit";}
else
cout << "Sorry I am not Siri I don't understand. Try again" << endl;
return result;
}
string call()
{
string input;
cout << "Where do you want to go? n s w e" << endl;
getline(cin, input);
return input;
}
int main()
{
bool slope = false;
string input, result;
input = call();
result = check(input,"outside","dTable", "You just ran into a wall", "You sit on the sofa. Congratulations");
while (slope != true)
{
if(result == "house")//room1
{
cout << "You are in the house" << endl;
input = call();
result = check(input,"outside","dTable", "You just ran into a wall", "You sit on the sofa. Congratulations");
}
else if(result == "outside")//room2
{
cout << "You are outside"<< endl;
input = call();
result = check(input,"You just ran into a wall", "house","dTable", "You sit on the sofa. Congratulations");
}
else if(result == "dTable")//room3
{
cout << "You are dTable" << endl;
input = call();
result = check(input,"You just ran into a wall", "You sit on the sofa. Congratulations","outside","house");
} ///adding one room after another and connect it with each other
else if(result == "exit")
{
slope = true;
}
else
{
cout << result << endl;
input = call();
//some winning or loosing message here
}
}
return 0;
}