My little C++ programs

Hey guys, I`ve started reading Programming Principles and Practice using C++ book. And I have already learned some interesting stuff, here is my first little program thingy, besides the Hello, World one :). Don`t worry, I won`t give you fake programs that shut down your PC etc, it`s safe.
I am hoping of starting to make a little game something, it would be with zombies, mostly like a 2d zombie survival game, but no promises, I am just at the beggining.

-Name and age(This program asks you to input your name and age, what it does with your age is just a little bonus ;)). Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LTHH013A

 

Hello, Laurentiu. It seems that you have started with C++. So did I.

However, when you start programming, you need to do two things...

1. Learn to 'program' (solve problems efficiently).
2. Learn your language of choice.

C++ is a great language for point 1, however, the language itself is very, very strict and rather hard. And learning to 'program' often needs that one thinks outside the box, learns to just try stuff, etc....
I personally found it hard to have to learn both things at the same time. However, please don't feel unnecessarily discouraged, however, I would like to give one piece of advice:
If you don't succeed at first, it often helps for me to just leave it for a few hours or days.
Best of luck, Chosen, an amateur programmer in C++, and aspirant-programmer in Python (I can't seem to find good tutorials for it). Hope this helps :)

 

It`s a bit hard indeed but I found it fun and interesting. Now, I am working on the registration part of the game...I am sure I don`t do it as I should but do you, or anyone, have an idea of how could I allow ints and strings into an input too?

I mean for the password part I have this:

Code:

    cout<<"Ok,"<<name<<".Now choose a security code so that only you can access your account!\n";
    int password;
    cin>>password;
    cout<<"Ok, make sure no one is around...\n";
    Sleep(5000);
    cout<<"Done?Good, your password is"<<password<<",dont forget it!\n";

As int expects only numeric characters(1,2,3 etc.), if you input a word or a word and some numeric characters, the last line of the code will display -1 as your password.

Basically I need a way to let the definition accept both int and string characters.

 

Well, my initial plan is to make this a registration form, obviously I am not good at it, and then make some sort of login form so that users can log in with the name and password they have chosen.

 

Well, I already believe it`s crap... :\

 

Hello laurentiu, I'm glad you're jumping into the world I live in everyday.

String data type accepts integers as well. You should probably read something about core concepts/basics, something like the (in)famous learn x in 21 days (where x is your programming language of choice). I believe one of those would get you started, just make sure they're up to date as various things in them might be deprecated and/or invalid.