Question

    switch(choice)
    {
        case 1:
            uinstance1.addNewProduct(data);
            break;
        case 2:
            break;
        case 3:
            break;
        case 4:
            break;
        case 5:
            break;
        case 6:
            break;
        case 7:
            uinstance1.listAllProducts(data);
            break;
        case 8:
            break;
        case 9:
            break;
        case 10:

            //name,category,barcode,price,manufacturer,noinstock,soldpermonth,expirydate,discount
            //  Perishable(string,string,string,double,string,int,int);
            Perishable item0("Ferrari","Automobile","9999",2999.99,"Popular",5,0);

            data.addNew(item0);

            break;
        default:
            cout<<"Wrong Choice "<<endl;
            system("pause");
            break;
    }
}

Hi ,i have been thinking about this error for quite some time and cant seem to figure out the issue.

error C2361: initialization of ‘item0’ is skipped by ‘default’ label
: see declaration of ‘item0’

Some help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

The whole select block counts as one scope, if you decalare a variable in that scope you need to initialize it in every case statement (every possible execution path). You can avoid it by creating a additional scope in your case to avoid the problem (see the brackets):

switch(choice)
    {
        case 1:
            uinstance1.addNewProduct(data);
            break;
        case 2:
            break;
        case 3:
            break;
        case 4:
            break;
        case 5:
            break;
        case 6:
            break;
        case 7:
            uinstance1.listAllProducts(data);
            break;
        case 8:
            break;
        case 9:
            break;
        case 10:
            {
                //name,category,barcode,price,manufacturer,noinstock,soldpermonth,expirydate,discount
                //  Perishable(string,string,string,double,string,int,int);
                Perishable item0("Ferrari","Automobile","9999",2999.99,"Popular",5,0);

                data.addNew(item0);
            }
            break;
        default:
            cout<<"Wrong Choice "<<endl;
            system("pause");
            break;
    }
}