Thread: calculating a function

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    calculating a function

    here is the code quzah starte for me and I added the cout and cin but I'm unsure where to add the PowerInt(n) =(n!)/n^2 formula. I think I should be adding that somewhere because it states how to test the variable that is entered or am I completly wrong?

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    
    float p(int i)
    
    {
        if( i < 10 && i > 1 )
        {
            int x = i*i;
                 y; 
            float z 
    
            cout << "enter a number" << endl;
    cin >> z;
    
            return z / (float)x;
        }
        return 1.0;
    }

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main();    //Took an error out when I added semicolon 
    
    float p(int i)
    
    {
        if( i < 10 && i > 1 )
        {
            int x = i*i;
            int y;    ///Needed variable int
            float z;    ///Forgot semicolon 
    
            cout << "enter a number" << endl;
    cin >> z;
    
            return z / (float)x;
        }
        return 1.0;
    }
    That fixed it when I compiled. I got these 2 errors when I tried to build however.

    Code:
    Compiling...
    Cpp1.cpp
    c:\compiled\float\cpp1.cpp(14) : warning C4101: 'y' : unreferenced local variable
    Linking...
    LIBCD.lib(crt0.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _main
    Debug/Cpp1.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    Error executing link.exe.
    
    Cpp1.exe - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
    I might be wrong just trying to help though
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    Ug. No that's not what I started. Well actually, it's part of what I started, used incorrectly. 'p' is a function. It is not a part of main. Before 'y', that was a , not a ;

    Furthermore, the answer was given in your original thread. You ignored the second point of my illustration. Just read the original thread and pay attention to the provided code.

    Quzah.
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    well I added a few things, sorry about that. I guess this program is just really hard. I'm going to look in the text book again and see if I cant put your examples and their examples together and figure somethign out.

    Bryan

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    this again, i thought this was resolved.
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    I made up a new code, and it seems to work for the most part until it tries to calculate the PowerInt. I know where my problem is but I cant seem to make the n! do what it should. It needs to multiply. If user enters a 4 then it needs to multiply 1*2*3*4/4^2 but I cant seem to make it do that. Any more suggestions.

    Thanks

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    
    {
    	int iNum;		//stores input value
    	int iSum;		//stores sum
    
    	cout << "Please enter an interger: "; //user enters number
    	cin >> iNum;	 //letter stored
    	
    
    	while (iNum >= 1 && iNum <= 10)
    	{
    		iSum = iNum!/iNum*iNum; //THIS IS MY PROBLEM
    			
    		cout << "PowerInt" <<"(" << iNum << ") =" <<iSum << endl;
    		
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: ";
    		cin >> iNum;
    		
    
    
    	}
    
    	cout << "Exiting the program." << endl;
    	return 0;
    }

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    >> iSum = iNum!/iNum*iNum; //THIS IS MY PROBLEM
    Yes it is. First, use some parentheses. Second... ! does not do a factorial in C++ - it's a logical negation. You're going to have to code a factorial function...

    Code:
    int factorial(int number)
    {
       int result=1;
       for(int t=number;t=1;t--)
          result*=t;
       return result;
    }
    Use it like this

    iSum=factorial(iNum)/(iNum*iNum);
    Away.

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    so if I use the code for factorial, which is what i was looking for, I would replace my erro with iSum=fac. ect. But where can I enter the code that you wrote in my program to make it work?

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    
    {
    	int iNum;		//stores input value
    	int iSum;		//stores sum
    	
    	cout << "Please enter an interger: "; //user enters number
    	cin >> iNum;						; //letter stored
    	
    	
    
    
    	while (iNum >= 1 && iNum <= 10)
    	{
    		iSum=factorial(iNum)/(iNum*iNum); //where do I input that code you wrote to make this not undefined?
    		
    		cout << "PowerInt" <<"(" << iNum << ") ="  <<iSum << endl;
    		
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: ";
    		cin >> iNum;
    		
    
    
    	}
    
    	cout << "Exiting the program." << endl;
    	return 0;
    }

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    >> //where do I input that code you wrote to make this not undefined?

    somewhere before main()

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    or stick the line
    int factorial(int number);
    before int main() and then stick the function that I wrote at the end of your program.
    Away.

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    I figured out what the n factroail should look like with your help and researching the book more, but it still dont work out. I get this error when trying to build it. error C2601: 'factorial' : local function definitions are illegal

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    
    {
    	int iNum;		//stores input value
    	int iSum;		//stores sum
    	
    	int factorial (int iNum)
    	{                              //ITS POINTING TO THIS BRACKET
    		int result;
    
    	result = 1;
    	while (iNum > 0)
    	{
    		result = result * iNum;
    		iNum--;
    	}
    	return result;
    	}
    	
    	while (iNum >= 1 && iNum <= 10)
    	{
    		iSum=factorial(iNum)/(iNum*iNum);
    
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: "; //user enters number
    		cin >> iNum;						; //letter stored
    		cout << "PowerInt" <<"(" << iNum << ") ="  <<iSum << endl;
    
    		
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: ";
    		cin >> iNum;
    		
    
    
    	}
    
    	cout << "Exiting the program." << endl;
    	return 0;
    }

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    Change your code to look like this

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int factorial(int iNum);
    
    int main()
    
    {
    	int iNum;		//stores input value
    	int iSum;		//stores sum
    	
    	while (iNum >= 1 && iNum <= 10)
    	{
    		iSum=factorial(iNum)/(iNum*iNum);
    
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: "; //user enters number
    		cin >> iNum;						; //letter stored
    		cout << "PowerInt" <<"(" << iNum << ") ="  <<iSum << endl;
    		
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: ";
    		cin >> iNum;
    	}
    
    	cout << "Exiting the program." << endl;
    	return 0;
    }
    
    int factorial (int iNum)
    {                             
    	int result;
    
    	result = 1;
    	while (iNum > 0)
    	{
    		result = result * iNum;
    		iNum--;
    	}
    	return result;
    }
    Away.

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    blackrat did you even run your program? It goes right to the exiting the program string.
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    Code:
    int iNum;		//stores input value
    	int iSum;		//stores sum
    	
    	while (iNum >= 1 && iNum <= 10)
    so what does iSum and iNum == there??

    Code:
    int factorial (int iNum)
    {                             
    	int result;
    
    	result = 1;
    	while (iNum > 0)
    	{
    		result = result * iNum;
    		iNum--;
    	}
    	return result;
    }
    will always return 0
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    I GOT IT

    thanks for everyone who helped me with this. I appreciate it so much. After a few days of this I finally got it. I could not get them to print out in decimals becuase I was putting int iNum and int iSum and they needed to be float iNum and float iSum...it works great now. thanks again

    Code:
    //**************************
    //This program calculates
    //an n! factorial
    //**************************
    
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int factorial(int iNum);		//number whose factorial is to be computed
    
    int main()
    
    {
    
    	float iNum;		//stores input value
    	float iSum;		//stores sum
    	 
    
    	do
    	{
    		cout << "Please enter an interger: "; //user enters number
    		cin >> iNum;						; //letter stored
    		if (iNum<=-1)break;			//if negative number program will end
    		iSum=factorial(iNum)/(iNum*iNum); //call to factorial 
    		cout << "PowerInt" <<"(" << iNum << ") ="<<iSum << endl; //output
    
    	}while(true);		//if true program will exit
    	cout << "Exiting the program." << endl;	//end program
    	
    	return 0;
    }
    
    int factorial (int iNum)				//n! factorial 
    {                             
    	int result;
    
    	result = 1;
    	while (iNum > 1)
    	{
    		result = result * iNum;
    		iNum--;
    	}
    	return result;
    }
    Last edited by romeoz; 07-12-2003 at 03:52 PM.

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