When a user enters multiple keystrokes the meny prints multiple times. It should spit out an error and reprint the menu once...what gives?

void mainMenu(char entries[], int index[])
{
    char choice;
    cout << "Please choose 1, 2, or 3.\n";
    cout << "1. Save a new password\n";
    cout << "2. Display all passwords\n";
    cout << "3. Exit\n\n";
    cout << "Choose 1, 2, or 3: ";
    cin.get(choice);

    while(choice != '1' && choice != '2' && choice != '3')
    {
        cout << "** Invalid Entry **\n";
        cout << "Please choose 1, 2, or 3.\n";
        cout << "1. Save a new password\n";
        cout << "2. Display all passwords\n";
        cout << "3. Exit\n\n";
        cout << "Choose 1, 2, or 3: ";
        cin.get(choice);
    }

    switch(choice)
    {
        case '1': newEntry(entries, index);
        break;
        case '2': display();
        break;
        case '3': exit();
        break;
        default: cout << "\nInvalid Entry\n";
    }
}

Why not just use cin >> choice?
And while you 're at it, put lines 4 to 8 in a function and reuse it in your while statement.

After the first cin.get(), with an input of 4<enter> you have 4<newline> in the input stream. You get the 4 out of it, but the newline is still there. Since the stream isn't empty your program won't wait for input on the second cin, and read newline instead.

This demo of a menu -> choice pattern is simple and easily adapted to many student type menu -> choice problems.

Note how it simply avoids the very common ...

beginning student problem

of 'dangling char's left in the cin stream' :

// showMenuTakeInChoice.cpp //

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
// #include <cctype> //re. tolower


const std::string MENU =
    "1. Save a new password\n"
    "2. Display all passwords\n"
    "3. Exit\n\n"
    "Choose 1, 2, or 3: ";

char takeInChr( const std::string& msg )
{
    std::cout << msg << std::flush;
    std::string reply;
    getline( std::cin, reply );
    if( reply.size() )
        return reply[0];
    // else ...
    return 0;
}

/*
bool more()
{
    if( tolower( takeInChr( "\nMore (y/n) ? " )) == 'n' )
        return false;
    // else ...
    return true;
}
*/


int main()
{
    char choice;
    bool quit = false;
    while( !quit )
    {
        switch( (choice = takeInChr( MENU )) )
        {
            case '1':
                std::cout << "\n'1' is under construction"
                          << " ...\n\n";
            break;
            case '2':
                std::cout << "\n'2' is under construction "
                          << " ...\n\n";
            break;
            case '3':
                quit = true;
                takeInChr( "\nPress 'Enter' to "
                           "continue/EXIT ..." );
            break;
            default:
                std::cout << "\n'" << choice
                          << "' is NOT a valid choice "
                          << "here ...\n\n";
        }
    }
}

This demo of a menu -> choice pattern is simple and easily adapted to many student type menu -> choice type problems.

Note how it simply avoids the very common ...

beginning student problem

of 'dangling char's left in the cin stream' :

// showMenuTakeInChoice.cpp //

#include <iostream>
#include <string>


const std::string MENU =
    "1. Save a new password\n"
    "2. Display all passwords\n"
    "3. Exit\n\n"
    "Choose 1, 2, or 3: ";

char takeInChr( const std::string& msg )
{
    std::cout << msg << std::flush;
    std::string reply;
    getline( std::cin, reply );
    if( reply.size() )
        return reply[0];
    // else ...
    return 0;
}

/*
bool more()
{
    if( tolower( takeInChr( "\nMore (y/n) ? " )) == 'n' )
        return false;
    // else ...
    return true;
}
*/


int main()
{
    char choice;
    bool quit = false;
    while( !quit )
    {
        switch( (choice = takeInChr( MENU )) )
        {
            case '1':
                std::cout << "\n'1' is under construction"
                          << " ...\n\n";
            break;
            case '2':
                std::cout << "\n'2' is under construction "
                          << " ...\n\n";
            break;
            case '3':
                quit = true;
                takeInChr( "\nPress 'Enter' to "
                           "continue/EXIT ..." );
            break;
            default:
                std::cout << "\n'" << choice
                          << "' is NOT a valid choice "
                          << "here ...\n\n";
        }
    }
}

Thanks guys, great explanation, and suggestions!

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