Thread: Help with Loops

I'm just starting out with C and I'm off to a bad start. First off, this isn't homework, this is just me trying to familiarize myself with the idea of the Loops. I have two programs, neithither of which are compiling through the Virtual Box uBuntu and the terminal emulator. I got the code off of this site's tutorial.

Any insight?

This is the while loop.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

intmain()
{
    int x = 0;
    
    while ( x < 10 ) {
        printf( "%d \n", x );
        x++;
    }
    getchar();
}

And here is the for loop.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int x;
    for (x=0; x < 10; x++) 
    {
        printf( "%d\n", x );
    }
    getchar();
}

I'm aware that these should be two very easy concepts consdering the semester is only 3 weeks in.

Thanks for any help!
Robert

int main() should be returning 0 on it's last line of code. That's what the "int" means. (That 0 goes to the operating system, and is usually used to mean the program ran without run-time errors).

"intmain" should be int main, in the first example, of course.

And welcome to the forum, Robert!

Originally Posted by Robert Harp

I'm a student at Clemson, I just use what they tell me to...

Not the point. Things that are broken make errors.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

intmain()
{
    int x = 0;

    while ( x < 10 ) {
        printf( "%d \n", x );
        x++;
    }
    getchar();
}

C:\Users\Josh2\Documents\foo\main.c:4: warning: return type defaults to 'int'
C:\Users\Josh2\Documents\foo\main.c: In function 'intmain':
C:\Users\Josh2\Documents\foo\main.c:12: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
Process terminated with status 0 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 2 warnings

This is often an extremely useful list for people answering questions.

It gave a huge list of errors, I just brainfarted and didn't think about "intmain()" being "int main()" ... It worked fine after that.