Calculations problem...?

It's really basic. Sorry for posting the whole program, but I have no idea where I've gone wrong.
While executing the bold statement below: If I type 100000 as the policy amount, I get -124 as the output. It should be 400. What have I done?? :-(

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
  char hlth, resi, sex;
  int age,pol_amt;
  float prem;

  printf("Enter health grade, residence, sex, age:");
  scanf( "%c %c %c %d", &hlth, &resi, &sex, &age);

  if( hlth=='E' && (age>=25 && age<=35) && resi=='c')

  {
     printf("\nThe person can be insured.");
     if( sex=='M' )
     {
        printf("\nThe maximum policy amount is 200000");
        printf("\nEnter the policy amount:");
        scanf("%d", &pol_amt);

        prem= (pol_amt/1000)*4;

        printf("\nThe premium rate is %f",prem);
     }
    else if( sex=='F' )
    {
       printf("\nThe maximum policy amount is 100000");
       printf("\nEnter the policy amount:");
       scanf("%d", &pol_amt);

       prem=(pol_amt/1000)*3;
      printf("\nThe premium rate is %f",prem);
    }
  }
  else if( hlth=='P' && (age>=25 && age<=35) && resi=='v' && sex=='M')
  {
     printf("\nThe person can be insured.");
     printf("\nThe maximum policy amount is 10000.");
     printf("Enter the policy amount:");
     scanf("%d", &pol_amt);

     prem=(pol_amt/1000)*6;
     printf("\nThe premium rate is %f",prem);
  }
  else
  {
    printf("\nThe person is not insured.");
  }

getch();
clrscr();
}

Don't know what you are doing wrong, as I get 400.0000000. [But you are not returning anything at the end of main, you should add return 0].


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Mats

Oh dear... I typed in a return 0, but still I get -124.00000 as the answer... Why exactly do I need a return 0? I've made programs without it and I've had no problems...

Originally Posted by Beachblue

Oh dear... I typed in a return 0, but still I get -124.00000 as the answer... Why exactly do I need a return 0? I've made programs without it and I've had no problems...

Because your program is supposed to give a value back.

I believe (after trying it out) that your problem is that "int" is only 16 bits (perhaps you are using the old Turbo C compiler, rather than a modern compiler?), which makes 100000 an overflow, so the resulting value is -31072, and of course, 4*-31 -> -124.

Either use a compiler that isn't so old that it would be be good if it was the age of Whiskey, or change your int to either long int, or float/double.

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Mats

Thanks, using float did the trick.