Inventory Search

[HS05669]

Hi am making a project in c++. i need to make an inventory of shopping mart, i just need to make a search option where i can search according to my preference i.e. type, price, purchase date etc.
how do i declare my inventory for example if i want chocolates how do i declare the brand, price, quantity, etc. PLEASE HELP

  #include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
void Inventory(){
    string  name []
    string brand;
    string string;
    int qty;
    double price;
}
int main()
{
	int choice, search;
	cout<<"\t\t\tWhat would you like to do?\n\nPress 1 to Search Inventory.\nPress 2 to Add Items.\n";
	cin>>choice;
	
	
	if (choice == 1)
	cout<<"\n\nPress 1 to search by Type.\nPress 2 to search by Price.\nPress 3 to search by Purchase date.";
	
	switch (search)
	case 1: 
	
	
	return 0;
}

[jonnin]

you probably want a container of user defined objects, eg

class item
{
string name;
string brand;
// string string; // don't ever do this! even if you get it working, please, don't do this to your readers or yourself.
int qty;
int price; //doubles and money are a no-no. just put price in cents (assuming $USA type currency?). you may find that when you put in something like $19.99 you really got 19.98999999999999 or something obnoxious if you used doubles.
...etc;
};

vector<item> inventory; //now you can add all the stuff here and search it as you see fit etc.