Very simple Function using printf()

Hello again,

This code uses a simple function that takes two arguments and just prints them. This is easy when using two int (%d) arguments. However, I want to take two double arguments (i.e. integers with decimal points) but once I start messing with the format specifiers the output goes mental. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
 
 void printfunc(int, int);
 
 int main(void)
 {
     int dub1, dub2;
     
     printf("Enter two decimal integers.\n");
     scanf("%d %d", &dub1, &dub2);
     printfunc(dub1, dub2);
     printf("Cheerio for now.\n");
     
     getchar();
     getchar();
     
     return 0;
 }
 
 void printfunc(int a, int b)
 {
      printf("%d %d\n", a, b);
      }

Any guidance most gratefully received.
To clarify, I need to alter the function to be able to take two double arguments (e.g 1.2 and 56.3) and simply print them, i.e. void printfunc(double, double)

I may or may not be right but you have

scanf("%d %d", &dub1, &dub2);

remove the & symbols and have it read

Code:

scanf("%d %d", dub1, dub2);

> remove the & symbols and have it read
You need the & in these cases.

> but once I start messing with the format specifiers the output goes mental. What am I doing wrong?
Well how many things did you change from 'int' to 'double'?
And how many formats did you change from %d

Note that to scanf a double, you need "%lf", but to print it you only need "%f"

Post an example which doesn't work, if you're still stuck.

I don't know what you are doing but I wrote the following code and it works fine.

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
 
 int main(void)
 {
     double dub1, dub2;
     
     printf("Enter two decimal integers.\n");
     scanf("%lf %lf", &dub1, &dub2);
     printf("\n\n%.2lf\n%.2lf\n\n",dub1, dub2);
     printf("Cheerio for now.\n");
 
     return 0;
 }

And how much did twazzler learn about variable types from being handed a fully coded answer?

Originally Posted by Salem

> remove the & symbols and have it read
You need the & in these cases.

> but once I start messing with the format specifiers the output goes mental. What am I doing wrong?
Well how many things did you change from 'int' to 'double'?
And how many formats did you change from %d

Note that to scanf a double, you need "%lf", but to print it you only need "%f"

Post an example which doesn't work, if you're still stuck.

Here's my code with the ints changed to doubles and %d changed to %lf (or just %f)

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
 
 void printfunc(double, double);
 
 int main(void)
 {
     int dub1, dub2;
     
     printf("Enter two decimal integers.\n");
     scanf("%lf %lf", &dub1, &dub2);
     printfunc(dub1, dub2);
     printf("Cheerio for now.\n");
     
     getchar();
     getchar();
     
     return 0;
 }
 
 void printfunc(double a, double b)
 {
      printf("%f %f\n", a, b);
      }

Adding two float values of 1.2 and 2.2 gives a printed output of 1073846681.000000 and -1717986918.000000

I've just figured it out - I hadn't to changed my ints (dub1 and dub2) to doubles - doh

Thanks for all your help - I'll be back!

Hello twazzler,

I compiled your latest listing and got this, see if it helps:

C:\DOCUME~1\Owner>gcc -c test.c -Wall
test.c: In function 'main':
test.c:10:6: warning: format '%lf' expects type 'double *', but argument 2 has t
ype 'int *'
test.c:10:6: warning: format '%lf' expects type 'double *', but argument 3 has t
ype 'int *'

You should always compile with warnings turned on a high level. They catch a lot of stuff.

That would have been a big help and saved a lot of time, yes - does Dev-C have such a setting?

Yes, I know, I should RTFM ;-)

Well Dev-C++ uses a port of gcc, so look for something that enables -Wall. RTFM.

twazzler... you might also consider moving forward in time to a compiler from this millenium... DevC has been abandonware since the late 1990s.

Why not using Eclipse?

Originally Posted by Mahdiem

Why not using Eclipse?

Maybe because it's not C and it appears to be Linux/MAC specific.

There are lots of free compilers to choose from... Google is your friend.

Nah, Eclipse is a Java based IDE that runs on any platform that can run Java apps. It works with a huge number of languages, depending on what modules/plugins/compilers/interpreters you have and how you set it up. AFAIK, you can get the C compiler of your choice to use with Eclipse.

Originally Posted by anduril462

Nah, Eclipse is a Java based IDE that runs on any platform that can run Java apps. It works with a huge number of languages, depending on what modules/plugins/compilers/interpreters you have and how you set it up. AFAIK, you can get the C compiler of your choice to use with Eclipse.

Yeah... but then there's setups like Pelles C that are an IDE and compiler all in one. I like Pelles C for three primary reasons: 1) it is C-99 standards compliant, 2) it comes with everything you need for windows development built right in and 3) It is probably the best documented compiler I've ever seen. (i.e. the help file is to die for!)