Thread: quick question.

im pretty new so this is probably really simple, but i cant figure it out. i enter in--------------

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int age;

    printf( "Please enter your age." );
    scanf( "%d", &age );
    if( age <=50 ) {
        printf( "damn your young." );
    }
    else if( age >=51 ) {
         printf( "your old." );
    }
}

and the first printf comes up fine but once i put in a number, and press enter, the window and program closes. then i even copy and pasted this from the tutorial site----

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 

int main()                            /* Most important part of the program!
*/
{
    int age;                          /* Need a variable... */
  
    printf( "Please enter your age" );  /* Asks for age */
    scanf( "%d", &age );                 /* The input is put in age */
    if ( age < 100 ) {                  /* If the age is less than 100 */
     printf ("You are pretty young!\n" ); /* Just to show you it works... */
  }
  else if ( age == 100 ) {            /* I use else just to show an example */ 
     printf( "You are old\n" );       
  }
  else {
    printf( "You are really old\n" );     /* Executed if no other statement is
    */
  }
  return 0;
}

and it did the same thing. after i put in a number, and hit enter, the program window closed. i dont know if its a programming error or compiler error. my source code is set to console application in C(sure of it, checked 3 times lol). can anyone please give me some help on how to make the entire program run?

Originally Posted by filker0

There is an FAQ entry about this. I don't have the link, but I'm sure someone (Salem?) will be happy to point you at it.

Certainly, here it is.

Originally Posted by chasingxsuns

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) /* using void to specify no arguments */
{
    int age;

    printf( "Please enter your age." );
    scanf( "%d", &age );
    if( age <=50 ) {
        printf( "damn you're young." );
    }
    else if( age >=51 ) {
         printf( "you're old." );
    }
    return 0;
}

Although the C99 standard specifies that it is okay not to have a return statement in main(), it is good practice to put one in anyway. It doesn't cost much, and it makes your code much, much more portable.

ehh.. i tried the above code and it still did the same thing. i dont really understand the faq about this. is there a getch or any command that will work??

sorry to keep asking questions, but how do i start a command prompt window? like can you go through all the steps to use the command prompt so the window wont go away? lol i know this is bothersome, but i would really appreciate it.

I'm not familiar with the Windows environment, so can't help you with regard to command prompts, but one of the things the FAQ suggests is see the FAQ on waiting for a keypress.

For pretty much every version of Windows currently in use, you should be able to go Start -> Run, and type in "command" to get one. It may take a minute to load in NT-based versions. However, it's better to just write a program in such a way as to solve the problem then to expect your users to go to all that trouble.

nothing on that faq works except the system pause thing. but that makes 'please press any button to continue...' come on, which i do not want. i need a way for this to work---

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int age;

    printf( "Please enter your age." );
    scanf( "%d", &age );
    if( age <= 50 ) {
        printf( "Your gay." );
    }
    else if( age>= 51 ) {
         printf( "Your cool." );
    }
}

i also tried ---

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
{
int age;

printf( "Please enter your age." );
getchar( "%d", &age );
if( age <= 50 ) {
printf( "Your gay." );
}
else if( age>= 51 ) {
printf( "Your cool." );
}
}

[/code]


and---

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
{
    int age;

    printf( "Please enter your age." );
    scanf( "%d", &age );
    getchar();
    if( age <= 50 ) {
        printf( "Your gay." );
    }
    else if( age>= 51 ) {
         printf( "Your cool." );
    }
}

none worked. it all just closes the window after i put in an integer and hit enter.

it worked!woot! thanks a lot dude. this has stumped me for a long time lol. thanks a lot.