Thread: begginers if statement problem

Here's my problem. I have just finished reading up on the code tutorials and i have programed this little thing. The only problem is that when i enter the age 30 and the # of children as <=0 it says what its supposed to say at age 20 and # of children as <=0. Some goes with age 30 and # of children as 1 and age 20 and # of children as >=1. Also with the age 30 and # of children as 5 and age 20 and # of children as >=1.

Here is my code.

Code:

#include <iostream>    

using namespace std;
        
int main()                            
{
  int age;
  int children;                            
  
  cout<<"Please enter your age: ";    
  cin>> age;
  cout<<"Please enter the number of children you have: ";
  cin>> children;                          
  cin.ignore();                       
  if ( (age < 20 && children <= 0) ) {                  
    cout<<"How cute, you're not even married yet!\n"; 
  }
  else if ( age <= 20 && children >= 1 ) {
    cout<<"Thats disgusting... really.\n";
  }
  else if ( age >= 21 && children <= 0 ) {            
    cout<<"Getting ready to get a little action?\n";
  }   
  else if ( age >= 21 && children >= 1 ) {
    cout<<"Not bad.  I hope you can still find the time to go to college\n";     
  }
  else if ( age >= 30 && children <= 0 ) {
    cout<<"Lonely little feller now aren't we. :(\n";
  }
  else if ( age >= 30 && children >= 1 ) {
    cout<<"You're perfect.\n";
  }
  else if ( age >= 30 && children >= 5 ) {
    cout<<"Busy little feller aren't we!\n";
  }
  cin.get();
}

you need to add another condition to some of those statements

Code:

else if ((age >= 21) && (age < 30) && (children <= 0 )) {            
    cout<<"Getting ready to get a little action?\n";
  }   
  else if ((age >= 21) && (age < 30) && (children >= 1 )) {
    cout<<"Not bad.  I hope you can still find the time to go to college\n";

see what I'm sayin?

The problem is that if age is 30 and children is <= 0 then the statement
>> else if ( age >= 21 && children <= 0 )
will be true and it won't even have a chance to display what you want it to
you could revise it to
else if (age >= 21 && age < 30 && children <= 0)
Also, if you enter the age as 20 and children as <= 0 then nothing will happen because of
>>if ( (age < 20 && children <= 0) )

EDIT
Arg, beat again