concatenation of strings when entering city, state and zip code

I have written my code, but can't seem to figure out why it doesn't enter the while loop and start asking for Input. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Just need a direction to go in.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
        //declare variables
        string cityName = "";
        string stateName = "";
        string zipCode = "";
        string fullAddress = "";
        string loopValue = "";

        cout << "Enter -1 to end or press enter to key in a date: ";
        getline(cin, loopValue);

        while (loopValue != "-1");
        {
                cout << "Enter city: ";
                getline(cin, cityName);

                cout << "Enter state: ";
                getline(cin, stateName);

                cout << "Enter zip code: ";
                getline(cin, zipCode);

                fullAddress = cityName + ", " + stateName + "  " + zipCode;
                cout << fullAddress << endl;

                cout << "Enter -1 to end or press enter to key in a date: ";
                getline(cin, loopValue);
        }

        cin.get();
        return 0;
} //end of main function

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Took all of 2 or 3 seconds to figure out using the debugger.

while (loopValue != "-1");

Typically you'd use an int or a bool to control a loop rather than a string, but that's not your problem here, just a good habit.

Lol something so simple...thank you so much. I must be getting tired.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by f0rumh4x

Code:

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        string cityName = "";

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What is the reason for explicitly initializing string variables with the empty string?