noob

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    
    
 char *count="HOw Are you";
 
    
    
    
    
    
            for (count<100);
            
            cout<< count<<endl;
            
                  
              
    
    cin.get();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

i got an error during compilation, please help. What i ma trying to do is let the program prints out 100 "how are you"

You're in the right forum now, but you still need to actually look up for loops in C++.

what is loops in C++? mind explaining?

You need a book or tutorial.

why cant you guys just help me.. please

Because you want us to teach you the language practically from scratch, plus you've already been told what is wrong.

count doesnt need to be a character pointer - look up strings.

A for loop has 3 conditions not one.

for ( 1 ; 2; 3 )

char count="HOw Are you";






if (count<100);

cout<< count<<endl;

something like this??

but it doesnt work,

Not even close.

For one:

Code:

std::string str = "How are you?"; // this is a string

You want help? ...this part:

Code:

for (count<100);

Makes no sense syntactically or logically. You need to first understand the syntax of a simple for loop. For simplicity sake, there are three parts that go in the parenthesis and they are separated by semicolons. Typically some kind of initialization step, followed by a test condition and then possibly an incrementation step. You have only one, the test, and even that part is wrong since you're trying to test the address of a pointer against an integer (syntactically speaking, that part alone is fine however it is not what you want to happen there). The last thing wrong with that is the semicolon ';' at the very end. Placed where it is, the semicolon results in... NOTHING. That is the part where you put the statement (followed by a semicolon) that you wish to have executed but since there is no statement there nothing would happen.

A simple single-statement for loop would look like:

Code:

for( initialization; test condition; increment )
    statement;

What it looks like you have is :

Code:

for( test condition );

At the very least, you want another integer variable that can be used as a loop counter. This should be initialized to 0 in the "initialization" part of the for loop. Then it should be compared against the value 100 like you are currently doing with the count variable. Next this counter should be incremented. Those three steps can all be in the parenthesis of the for loop. Lastly, you need to put the output step (the cout) after the ')' parenthesis, but before the semicolon.

It is even impossible to tell what you expect this program to do! What do you mean by comparing if "HOw are you?" is smaller than 100?

You really need to read a tutorial.

This is the most ignorant help request I've seen in my entire time on this forum. I can't believe people are actually giving you answers.

Hmmm... stop explorer.exe and print "How are you" a hundred times to the screen. Sounds like an interesting application you're making.

ok, this is my pseudo code

str = "how are you";

print "how are you";

dont stop printing until it reaches 100 times

this is what i am trying to do, help me please.

You know, you should learn your C++ basics before asking here. It's pretty trivial IMHO once you've got all the basics right. Just learn from the tutorial here. Especially about loops (for / while) like the guys mentioned. Also you should learn a bit about data types. It seems like your understanding of them is somewhat lacking seeing as you tried to compare a string (pointer to char) against an int.