Thread: A newbie question

Hello World,

I was trying to make a program that takes a password from the user and tells if it true or false.
Note: Write the program without using arrays. Use getch(). 3 trials are permitted. The password is asueng.

Here's my code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int count = 0, trial = 0;
    char letter;
    while ( trial++ < 3 )
    {
        printf("Enter the password (%d): ", trial);
        while ( 1 )
        {
            letter = getch();
            if ( letter == "\n" && count == 6 )
            {
                printf("Accepted\n");
                return 1;
            }
            else if ( letter == "\n" && count != 6 )
            {
                printf("Not Accepted..\n");
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                printf("*");
               if ( (letter == 'a' && count == 0) ||
                        ( letter == 's' && count == 1 ) ||
                        ( letter == 'u' && count == 2 ) ||
                        ( letter == 'e' && count == 3 ) ||
                        ( letter == 'n' && count == 4 ) ||
                        ( letter == 'g' && count == 5 )
                        )
                    count += 1;
                else
                {
                    if ( count > 0 )
                        count -= 1;
                    else
                        count = 0;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

The problem I'm facing is when I press Enter it prints a * which something I don't want. It should execute the code in if or the first else if. What's going wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Your compiler should be issuing a diagnostic (probably as a warning). This should be heeded.

If your compiler is not issuing a diagnostic, switch to a good compiler (gcc, for example).

It's fairly common for those new to C to assume that warnings are fine, but they often indicate real problems.

Originally Posted by quzah

Of course it's gone. You just said you switched out the ' ' for the " ", and now mysteriously, your warnings are gone. Funny how that worked out.


Quzah.

That's right... I tried again the double quotes ans the warning appeared

Originally Posted by jokes_finder

That's right... I tried again the double quotes ans the warning appeared

Sooo... now you know there is a definate correlation between programming errors and compiler messages...
Imagine that....