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+//code adapted from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajL1KjTch2A&t=7s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikA4yiurkug
+#ifndef ROOM_H
+#define ROOM_H
+
+#include<iostream>
+#include<string>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+enum Direction { NORTH = 0, SOUTH = 1, EAST = 2, WEST = 3};
+
+string GetPositionString(Direction direction) {
+
+	if (direction == NORTH) { return "NORTH"; }
+	else if (direction == SOUTH) { return "SOUTH"; }
+	else if (direction == EAST) { return "EAST"; }
+	else if (direction == WEST) { return "WEST"; }
+	else { return "UNKNOWN"; }
+}
+
+
+struct Room {
+
+	Room();
+	Room(string r_name, string r_description);
+	void CloseRooms(string toNorthRoom, string toEastRoom, string toSouthRoom, string toWestRoom);
+	void Begin(string id = "", string name = "", string description = "");
+
+	void OutputRinfo();
+	void OutputCloseRooms();
+	bool CanMoveto(Direction direction);
+	string GetCloseRoomId(Direction direction);
+	string GetID();
+
+	string id;
+	string name;
+	string description;
+	string closeroomIds[4];
+
+
+};
+
+Room::Room() {
+
+	Begin();
+
+};
+
+Room::Room(string id, string name, string description) {
+
+	Begin(id, name, description);
+
+};
+
+void Room::Begin(string id /*= ""*/, string name/*= ""*/, string description/*= ""*/) {
+
+	this->id = id;
+	this->name = name;
+	this->description = description;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+	{
+		closeroomIds[i] = "NULL";
+	}
+
+};
+
+void Room::CloseRooms(string toNorthRoom, string toEastRoom, string toSouthRoom, string toWestRoom) {
+
+	closeroomIds[NORTH] = toNorthRoom;
+	closeroomIds[SOUTH] = toSouthRoom;
+	closeroomIds[EAST] = toEastRoom;
+	closeroomIds[WEST] = toWestRoom;
+
+};
+
+void Room::OutputRinfo() {
+	
+	string userInput;
+
+	cout<< "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl 
+		<< name << endl
+		<< description << endl
+		<<"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+		<< endl;
+
+	OutputCloseRooms();
+	cout << "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" << endl;
+
+	cout << "What will you do?" << endl;
+	cout << "=>";
+
+	getline(cin, userInput);
+}
+
+void Room::OutputCloseRooms() {
+
+	cout << "\t You can go: ";
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+	{
+		if (closeroomIds[i] != "NULL")
+		{
+			cout << GetPositionString(Direction(i)) << " ";
+		}
+	}
+
+	cout << endl;
+}
+
+
+#endif