> C++ programming issue making a pretty basic program?

C++ programming issue making a pretty basic program?

Posted at: 2014-12-18 
Using if else means that only one will "activate". That's the whole point of if else

if (something)

{

do this

}

else

{

do something else

}

ETA Use brackets! {}

Let me try this again

if (something)

{

do this;

to this too;

do this third thing too;

}

else

{

do something else;

do this other thing;

do one other thing too;

}

so i'm trying to make a sort of layered program, where i give an 2 options, one of those options is chosen by the user, and then another set of instructions is given to the user. my problem is that i use "if" and "else if" to decide which program will be used, but once one option is chosen, i dont know how to continue on with that one option and have the other option be cancelled out.

for example, option 1- find the radius or option 2- find the length. once the option is chosen, i dont know what to use so that i can write out both formulas to find the radius and the length, but only have one activate when the user enters either 1 or 2.