Thread: List of Enumerated constants

OK Here is the problem that I am trying to do:
Create a set/list of enumerated constants called week that contains the days of the week. Have a variable called today that is of type week. Assign a value to today. If the day is Monday through Friday, print "Go to work!" If the day is Saturday or Sunday, print "You can rest today!"
I thought that I did it correctly, but I cant get it to work right. It says "Go to work" for everyday. Any suggestions? Here is my code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 

enum week{ Monday=0,Tuesday=1,Wednesday=2,Thursday=3,Friday=4,Saturday=5,Sunday=5 }; 

int main() 
{ 
    enum week today; 
    int day; 
    printf("Enter the day of the week(Sunday-Saturday): "); 
    scanf("%s", &day); 
    switch (day) 
    { 
      case 0: day = Monday; break; 
      case 1: day = Tuesday; break; 
      case 2: day = Wednesday; break; 
      case 3: day = Thursday; break; 
      case 4: day = Friday; break; 
      case 5: day = Saturday; break; 
      case 6: day = Sunday; break; 
    } 
    if (day >5) 
    { 
        printf("\nGo to work!"); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        printf("\nYou can rest today!"); 
    } 
    return 0; 
}

Code:

scanf("%s", &day);

So you are trying to read in a string into an int variable? It seems more like you want to read in a number? In which case you should use scanf("%d", &day); that might fix your problem..Of course you're expecting the user to intrinsically know the numbers for each day with no help which is kind of not very user friendly right?

Well, it's pretty close. I found some mistakes.

Code:

    int day;
    printf("Enter the day of the week(Sunday-Saturday): ");
    scanf("%s", &day);

The input is actually an integer, but you are asking scanf to grab string input. You should be using "%d" or "%i" as a format string there. The prompt can also be edited to reflect what the user should type, e.g.: "Enter day of the week (0 = Monday, 6 = Sunday):"

Code:

    if (day >5)
    {
        printf("\nGo to work!");
    }

This person only works on weekends, as well.

Thanks, I will try to fix it like that. I was a little confused (Obviously!) with the enumerated list. And sorry my brain function obviously wasnt working to use > instead of <.