while loops...a problem with my simple code?

I think there may be a problem with my usage of brackets below.
Any ideas on this simple program to find roots of quadratic equation?

many thanks!

include

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <math.h> 
int main()

{
char answer;
int a,b,c;
float single_root, root_part1, root_part2;//declaring function variables these 
                                          //being different elements of the 
                                          //quadratic formula
float root1, root2;
int is_complex;

do

printf("Enter coeficients a b c: ");
scanf("&#37;f %f %f", &a, &b, &c);

is_complex = 0;   //(is_complex) function = 0 if a=0
   
   if (a==0)
   {
   single_root=-1.0*c/b;//stating variables
   }
   
   else
   
   {
   root_part1 = -1.0*b/(2.0*a); //stating variables
   root_part2= b*b-4.0*a*c;
   
      if (root_part2<0.0)
      {
                         
      is_complex = 1; 
      
      root_part2= -1.0*root_part2;//remember this is not equal to, 
                                  //this is a directive
      }
      
            
       root_part2=sqrt(root_part2)/(2.0*a);
            
       }
            
        if(a==0.0)
            
       {
        Printf("single_root = %f\n ", single_root);//single root case
       }
            
        else if  (is_complex==1)
               
       {
       printf("root 1 = %.2f+%.2f i\n", root_part1, root_part2); 
       printf("root 1 = %.2f-%.2f i\n", root_part1, root_part2);
       }
               
       else 
               
       {
       root1= root_part1+root_part2;  
       root2= root_part1-root_part2;
               
   printf("root1 = %.2f", root1);
   printf("root2 = %.2f", root2);
   }
               
   {
   printf("enter next set of coefficients (y/n): ");
   scanf(" %c", &answer);
   }

           
   while (answer != 'n' && answer != 'N'); 
           
   scanf("d\n");   
   exit(0);
   
}

You can only have one statement between a do and a while. If you need more than one statement (which you often do) you have to turn that group of statements into a single complex statement, using the curly braces:

Code:

do {
lots;
of;
statements;
here;
} while (etc)

You should also pay attention to the warnings you're getting about scanf and the undefined variable "Printf".

but i dont understand this undeclared variable warning about print f?


is it a bracket problem?

Originally Posted by niceguy

but i dont understand this undeclared variable warning about print f?


is it a bracket problem?

No. Note how "Printf" causes problems and "printf" works just fine.

C is case sensitive. "printf" is not the same thing as "Printf". Only "printf" works. (Nearly all standard library functions and identifiers are in lowercase, except things like _Bool.)

Code:

while (answer != 'n' && answer != 'N');

Consider tolower() or toupper() from <ctype.h>.

As an optional suggestion, indenting a little bit better will not hurt. http://cpwiki.sf.net/User:Elysia/Identation
It will make the code easier to read and make it easier to spot bugs as well (or avoiding them)!

I'm actually wondering if it was all on one line or something . . . .

Last edited by Dave_Sinkula : Today at 12:04 PM. Reason: My eyes tire of the wide view.

This, of course, does nothing useful:

Code:

scanf("d\n");

Thanks Elysia, wil cleanup the indentation.

It was indeed the capital P in Printf that was wrong. However with the console running now it is just not going further than asking for a,b,c. So am still stuck.

The scanf("d/n") just holds the console on my compiler!

Originally Posted by dwks

Code:

scanf("d\n");

Not only does it _NOT_ do anything useful, but it's quite possibly going to cause a crash on a modern system, as it takes the next word down on the stack as an address to write an integer value to. If this address is for example the return address or the frame-pointer, it will lead to very bad things. If it's "only" a local variable [and this contains a valid memory address], you'll have strange results. In short, very strange things could happen here, and very few of the potential scenarios are on the good side of "nothing".

--
Mats

So what compiler do you use?

Originally Posted by matsp

Not only does it _NOT_ do anything useful, but it's quite possibly going to cause a crash on a modern system, as it takes the next word down on the stack as an address to write an integer value to. If this address is for example the return address or the frame-pointer, it will lead to very bad things. If it's "only" a local variable [and this contains a valid memory address], you'll have strange results. In short, very strange things could happen here, and very few of the potential scenarios are on the good side of "nothing".

--
Mats

You may not have noticed that there is no %; it's just "d\n". As far as I can tell, it requires the user to enter "d" before continuing.

Note to OP: /n is not the same thing as \n.

Thanks Guys!

The console holding code i required now is

system(pause)

It works now cheers!

A better way would be to use getchar() instead More portable.

Also see cpwiki.sf.net/Pause_console