Thread: Problem w/break statement

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    Problem w/break statement

    When I enter the -999 to break the loop it does not follow to the next loop but ends the program. Am I missing something here??

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    struct info
    
    {
    
     int   client_num;
    
     char  last_name[20];
    
     float balance;
    
    };
    
     
    
    main()
    
    {
    
     
    
     struct info clients[10];
    
     int    x;
    
     
    
     printf ("Enter account number, last name, and balance.\nEnter -999 to end input.\n\n");
    
     
    
     for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
    
     {   
    
     
    
     printf ("?");
    
     scanf ("%i", &clients[x].client_num);
    
      if (clients[x].client_num == -999)
    
         break;
    
     
    
     scanf ("%s", clients[x].last_name);
    
     scanf ("%f", &clients[x].balance);
    
     fflush(stdin);
    
     getchar();
    
    }
    
    printf ("\n\n");
    
     
    
     
    
    printf ("ACCOUNT LAST NAME BALANCE\n");
    
     
    
    for (x = 0; x < 10; x++)
    
     {   
    
     
    
    printf ("%08,i%20s,%.102f\n", clients[x].client_num, clients[x].last_name, clients[x].balance);
    
     }
    
    getchar();
    
    }

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    You go and print out 10 clients, even though you may not have read that many. You need to keep track of how many you have inputted. Something like
    Code:
    clients_read = i;
    after the first for loop would probably work.

    fflush(stdin) is non-standard, see the FAQ.

    Your program seems like it ends, but it doesn't really. Run it from the command prompt or replace the getchar() at the end of main() with
    Code:
    while(getchar() != '\n');
    getchar();
    That's a little too much whitespace for my taste . . . double-spaced code is hard to read.
    dwk

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