But I'm also going to bed, so this one begins.

possum watches over your sleep

-Exiled Possum 

I lied, I didn't really go to sleep.  But I really should...

doesn't matter, you are still being watched

-Exiled Possum 

Possums like to watch. They can't do anything else though.

Except get hit by cars.

or hang in your closet and hiss when you turn on the lights

or sneak in your toilet and bite you in the balls, when you least expect it

-Exiled Possum 

This thing is kicking my ass.

Is it not possible to use an "or" operator in a "while" loop? Fuck C++

lol

it's an inclusive or

yep logical or = and or

and not: either or

-Exiled Possum 

It keeps telling me to use the || operator and use "bool". How do I do that?

Interesting... somethng practical on this thread.

yep, we need to derail it, before someone actually helps him

-Exiled Possum 

Never fear, tea is here.   Not sure what you're doing, but boolean || is working fine for me.

#include <iostream>

int main() {

   int a = 5;    int b = 2;

   while (a || b ) {       if (a)  { a--;  }       if (b )  { b--;  }       std::cout << "Iterate\n";     }

   return 0;  }

damn you and your computational jibba jabba!

Do note that it's a||b, and not a|b.   Although with this particular mini-program the end result is the same (that's just coincidence).  5||2 evaluates to 1, whereas 5|2 evaluates to 7.  This program works by coincidence either way because 0||0 = 0|0 = 0.   And to add to the confusion, a|b is a bit-wise OR operator, not an add (which is also coincidence:  5|2 just happens to equal 5+2 in this case). 

Using a|b when a||b is intended is a very typical c++ noob mistake.

What am I doing wrong???

choice2:
string choice2;
cin >> choice2;
while (choice2 !="north" and choice2 !="North" and choice2 !="NORTH" and choice2 !="N" and choice2 !="n")
{
while (choice2 ="south" || ("South", "SOUTH", "S", "s"))
{
wrongway();
cin >> choice2;
}
incorrect();
cin >> choice2;
}
if (choice2=="north" || "North" || "NORTH" || "N" || "n")
{
system("cls");
cout << endl << "A goblin is in front of you. " << endl << "The goblin attacks you. " << endl;
cout << endl;
} // end choice2 "north"

Your first mistake was making the goblin agro.

Goblins are the most harmless things ever.

silly peepil

Are you coding a MUD?   There are lots of issues with this code.  I don't know where to begin.  It looks like you're mixing constructs from other languages.  Have you successfully executed a basic Hello World.cpp program yet?   I think you need to go back to the beginning first.

everyone has done that "Hello World" bullshit. I took the code from a text-based game called "Zombie Survival" and just changed the storyline and changed it so you would type the direction you want to go, rather than use numbers. I just keep changing that one while loop because it's not working right.

serves you right

-Exiled Possum 

Possum on a stick. Served hot