Thread: Help with this while loop

  1. #1
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    Help with this while loop

    something is wrong with my while loop. it prints the last code twice. it takes 3 numbers from a text file and calculates the monthly payment and prints to screen. the problem is it prints the last monthly payment twice.

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cstdlib>
    #include <fstream>
    #include <cstdio>
    #include <cmath>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    void usage()
    {
      cout << "Usage: loancalc <filename>" << endl;
      exit (1);
    }
    
    double monthlyPayment (double amount, int months, double interest)
    {
      double ratem, expm, mp;
      ratem = interest / 1200.00;
      expm = 1.0 + ratem;
      mp = (ratem * pow(expm, months) * amount) / ( pow(expm, months) -1.0); 
      return mp;
    }
    
    void displayLoanInfo (double amount, int months, double interest)
    {
      double mp, total;
      printf ("%10.2f %8d %10.2f ",amount, months, interest);
      if (amount > 0 && months > 0 && interest > 0)
      {
        mp = monthlyPayment(amount, months, interest);
        total = mp * months;
        printf ("%11.2f %12.2f \n",mp, total);
      }
      else printf ("    <error>      <error>\n");
    }
    
    int main (int argc, char **argv)
    {
      ifstream infile;
      double d1,d2;
      int i;
     
      if (argc !=2)
      {
        usage ();
      }
    
      infile.open (argv[1]);
    
      printf("                                   Monthly\n");
      printf("    Loan      Months      Rate     Payment      Total\n");
      printf("-----------------------------------------------------------\n");
      
      if (!infile.fail ())
      {
        while (!infile.eof ())
        {
          infile >> d1 >> i >> d2;
          displayLoanInfo (d1, i, d2);
        }
      }
      else cout << "No File!" << endl;
      
      infile.close ();
      return 0;
    }

  2. #2
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    > it prints the last code twice.
    Because of this probably:
    >while (!infile.eof ())
    You should really be using the return code from the read functions (whatever you're using) to determine when you've hit EOF.
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
    If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]

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    thanks for replying so quickly
    but I kinda figured it was doing it because it was reading a blank line but I wasnt to sure if that was the reason. should I use another stoping condition in a while loop?

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