c++ array showing an error

Question

Hello i am trying to create a program in which you enter your deals and after you're finished you should get a list of the deals . I want to get them displayed with an array but i keep getting an error must have a pointer to object.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main() {
    int deal;
    int date;
    int type;
    int quantity;
    int quality;
    int end;
    int find;
    for (deal = 0; deal < 5000; deal++) {
        for (date = 0; date < 5000; date++) {
            cout << " enter the year,month,day and hour of pruchase in this format YYYY/MM/DD/HH/MM" << endl;
            cin >> date;
            for (type = 0; type < 5000; type++) {
                cout << " enter the mushroom type. 1 = манатарка, 2 = печурка, 3 = кладница 4 = пачи крак, 5 = съренла, 6 = друг вид гъба "<<endl;
                cin >> type;
                for (quantity = 0; quantity < 5000; quantity++) {
                    cout << " enter the mushroom quantity " << endl;
                    cin >> quantity;
                    for (quality = 0; quality < 5000; quality++) {
                        cout << "enter the mushroom quality from 1 to 3 " << endl;
                        cin >> quality;
                        cout << "Press 1 for a new deal , press 2 to exit" << endl;
                            cin >> end;
                        if (end = 2)
                        {
                            deal[date];
                            goto stop;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
stop:
    for (find = 0; find < 5000; find++) {
        int find = 0;
        cout << date[find] << ", " << type[find] << ", " << quantity[find] << ", " << quality[find];
        //error must have a pointer to object
    }

}

`date`, `type`, etc are not arrays, just single `int`s, so you can't try to access elements of them. Also, please don't take this personally, but your code is a confusing mess, full of bad practices and errors. I don't know where you are learning from, but perhaps you should consider picking something from our [recommended book list](http://stackoverflow.com/q/388242/1171191). — BoBTFish, Apr 10 '16 at 09:58
When I see multiple for loops inside one another it is usually something wrong in the design. — Ed Heal, Apr 10 '16 at 09:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 10 '16 at 10:01

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Your date, find, etc. variables are defined as scalars. You cannot refer to them date[find]. You should have declared them as arrays/vectors.

edited Apr 10 '16 at 10:01

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answered Apr 10 '16 at 10:01

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '16 at 10:27

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deal should be declared as array type of int.

answered Apr 10 '16 at 10:27

Zeshan Sajid

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c++ array showing an error

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