This one compiles but gives me an error when I execute it.
Itīs supposed to return 0 if a number is prime and 1 if itīs not.
Translation form spanish:
esprimo=isprime
ingrese un entero=input an integer
thank you!!!!Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { int n; printf("Ingrese un entero: "); scanf("%d",n); printf("%d",esprimo(n)); system("PAUSE"); return 0; } int esprimo(int n) { int i; i=2; while(n%i!=0) i++; if(i<n) return 0; else return 1; }
It looks like you are using scanf() incorrectly. This:
should be:Code:scanf("%d",n);
You might want to increase the warning level of your compiler so that it would report such potential problems.Code:scanf("%d", &n);
EDIT:
Oh, and you should declare (as in write a prototype) the esprimo function before the main() function.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
Yes, I totally passed that out... and the compiler said nothing.
Regarding the prototype issue, why is that?? Why should I write the function again as a prototype?
Iīm aware that when I write a prototype it must have the ";" symbol, but I donīt get the purpose of that...
Any explanation is welcome.
Thank you, laserlight!!!
To tell the compiler of the signature and return type of the function. Without the function declaration (prototype), the compiler would assume that the function returns an int, possibly leading to an error if it was not defined as returning an int.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Prototypes are function declarations to tell the compiler what arguments and return value to expect for a funciton. The function definition can be given later on in the same file (the declaration is then called forward declaration) or the definition is given in a different source file (sometimes called extern declaration).
Another option is to define (that is, write the ENTIRE function) before it is being called. Some languages are defined to prefer this variant (Pascal for example). As to which you prefer is a matter of style, really.
In C99 (the current C standard), prototypes are required for all functions that aren't defined before the call to the function. Likewise in C++.
I probably took too long to write this, so someone else has already answered it.
Edit: Rephrase dubious wording regarding forward declaration and definitions.
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Mats
Last edited by matsp; 02-07-2009 at 11:53 AM.
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