Thread: Passing the Spammer

hey guys, i have been trying to get this to work for a while now but i cant seem to puzzle it together. Could you maybe give suggestions on what to do.


Basically what i am trying to do is to write a small program that prints out a bit of text say around 50 times and then asks you for a password, if you get it wrong then it prints out that same bit of text another 50 times. But if you get it right then it will print out "correct", and then ends.


all help, tips. and suggestions are greatly appreciated

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


int main()
{
    int pass = 567;
    int guess;


    printf("Please enter the password: ");
    scanf("%d", &guess);

    while(guess != pass)
    {
         printf("Incorrect")  // bit of text that get displayed 50 times
    }


    if(guess != pass)
    {
        printf("incorrect");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("correct");
    }
    return 0;
}

Originally Posted by Program_Me

Code:

printf("Please enter the password: ");
scanf("%d", &guess);

while(guess != pass)
{
    printf("Incorrect")  // bit of text that get displayed 50 times
}

Because you never change neither guess nor pass inside the loop, you are stuck in an infinite loop when the user doesn't enter the correct password the first time.
For doing something excatly 50 times, a for-loop is your friend.

Bye, Andreas

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int numTimes = 50;
	int count;
	char *password = "password";
	char guess[80];
	
	do
	{
		for (count = 0; count < numTimes; count++)
			puts("Incorrect");
		puts("Enter password: ");
		gets(guess);
	}
	while (strcmp(guess, password) != 0);
	
	puts("Correct.");
	return 0;
}

Thanks for that AndiPersti, i will try that. i have only been doing C for a little while, so if the methods that i use at the moment are to basic to perform the set tasks, it is because i havent learnt of the more difficult methods yet. i will update on weather the for loop worked or not. thanks guys

Thank you for your bit of code MasterofPuppets, your code is exactly what im looking for, but the bit that i dont understand is the " strcmp " part, what does that bit of text mean. thanks