quite newbish program not working

someone please help, ive only been programming for a few days and saw something similar in a tutorial i read and thought id try it but it wont out put anything

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int monthlyexpenses = 300 + 200 + 75;
    int monthlyincome = 1000;
    float monthlyinterest = .02;
    float total = 0;
    float x = total;
    float interestearned = 0;
    for (x = 1; x <= 12;)
        interestearned = monthlyincome * monthlyinterest;
        total = total + interestearned + monthlyincome - monthlyexpenses; {
              cout<< total <<endl;
              }
}

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You never change the value of x.

Code:

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for (x = 1; x <= 12;)

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The for-loop is incomplete. make it e.g. for (x = 1; x <= 12; x++)

[QUOTE=littlelefty7]someone please help, ive only been programming for a few days and saw something similar in a tutorial i read and thought id try it but it wont out put anything

Code:

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    float x = total;
    for (x = 1; x <= 12;)

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Why set X to total when on almost the very next line you set it to 1? Also, I'm assuming x is the number of months (because of 1 to 12 loop) so it doesn't make much sense to set the month number to a dollar value. Also, x is a floating point and you should be using an int type for a loop counter.

get rid of.
float x = total;

do this

Code:

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for(int i=0; i<12; ++i) {
...
}

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this will give you your 12 loops..

if that example you posted is the style of the tutorial, then find new tutorials..

there are plenty of tuts on this site..

<unrelated> wow! forcing to use code tags now.. Excellent!

thanks for all the help like ive said ive only been programming for a few days and i dont quite konw what im doing yet. the entire program wasnt on the tutorial just part of it and i tried to make the rest. thanks for the help, by the way i got it to work. :D