Thread: Function not working

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    Function not working

    This program should return the number of roots of a 2nd degree polynomial, but it always returns 2 roots, whatever coefficients I put.
    Whatīs wrong??

    Itīs in spanish, so RAICES=ROOTS, and disc means the discriminant of the equation (b^2 - 4*a*c).

    Thanks in advance.


    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
      int raices (int a, int b, int c)
        {
        int x,y,z,disc;
        disc=((y*y)-(4*x*z));
        
        if (disc<0)
            return 0;
        if(disc==0)
            return 1;
        if(disc>0)
            return 2;
        
        }
    
    int main()
    {	
      int a,b,c;
      
      printf("a= ");
      scanf("%d",&a);
      printf("b= ");
      scanf("%d",&b);
      printf("c= ");
      scanf("%d",&c);
      printf("El polinomio tiene %d raices\n",raices(a,b,c));
     
      system("PAUSE");	
      return 0;
    }

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    > disc=((y*y)-(4*x*z));
    Try it with a,b,c and not x,y,z
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    excellent!

    Now I must think why it doesnīt work the other way...

    thanks!!!!

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