Please halp, the code will not run...simple division.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Please help me debug this. Using C. Ch compiler.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>			/* standard IO library routines, like printf, scanf */




int main(void)
{
    
    char length_unit[30];
    float conversion_factor, equal_distance, newmiles;
    
    printf("Enter the name of the length unit you want to convert to> ");
    scanf("%s", &length_unit);
    printf("You entered: %s\n", length_unit);
    printf("Enter the conversion factor> ");
    scanf("%f", &conversion_factor);
    printf("You entered a converison factor of %.4f%s/mile\n", conversion_factor, length_unit);
    printf("Enter the distance in miles > ");
    scanf("%f", &newmiles);
    printf("You entered: %.4f miles \n", newmiles);
    
    equal_distance = coversion_factor / newmiles;
    
    printf("The equivalent distance is %f\n", equal_distance);
    
    return 0;		
}

the division part halts the code

You forgot the info on the unit you are converting FROM. Aha!

hi! thank you for responding to my post. Can you please be a little specific?

Originally Posted by team23

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Please help me debug this. Using C. Ch compiler.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>			/* standard IO library routines, like printf, scanf */




int main(void)
{
    
    char length_unit[30];
    float conversion_factor, equal_distance, newmiles;
    
    printf("Enter the name of the length unit you want to convert to> ");
    scanf("%s", &length_unit);
    printf("You entered: %s\n", length_unit);
    printf("Enter the conversion factor> ");
    scanf("%f", &conversion_factor);
    printf("You entered a converison factor of %.4f%s/mile\n", conversion_factor, length_unit);
    printf("Enter the distance in miles > ");
    scanf("%f", &newmiles);
    printf("You entered: %.4f miles \n", newmiles);
    
    equal_distance = coversion_factor / newmiles;
    
    printf("The equivalent distance is %f\n", equal_distance);
    
    return 0;		
}

This thread looks familiar... see above in bold red.

Your code doesn't even compile, because as mentioned in your duplicate thread, "coversion_factor" is not the same as "conversion_factor".

Doh!! Thank you. I was working on this really late last night, i must have missed the obvious.

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Your program is a ticking time bomb. Take some time to read the article on why scanf is not recommended for reading strings.