Thread: Noob problem with "for" statement

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    Noob problem with "for" statement

    Or it might be a problem elsewhere?

    I am doing an exercise from a recommended book, in which I am trying to get the program to print all numbers from n1 to n2 .

    Here is what I have come up with:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main() 
    {
        int n1, n2, i;
        
        cout << "Please enter a number: ";
        cin >> n1;
        cin.ignore();
        cout << "Please enter a higher number: ";
        cin >> n2;
        cin.ignore();
        for (i = n1 ; i <= n2; i++);
             cout << i << " ";
        cin.get();
        return 0;
    }
    Instead of getting the increments, it simply adds 1 to n2. I have looked for an example on the accompanying CD (that came with the book), but it doesn't have a sample for the exercise.

    Where did I go wrong?

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    It looks somehow fine to me. What numbers do you input ?

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    Any numbers i enter, with the first being lower, of course. If I enter '1' and '20', the result is

    '21'

    If i enter '20' and '100,' I get

    '101'


    I just tried reversing my input by entering a higher number first and lower 2nd. What it then does is just state the higher number. For example, if I put in '10' and then '5,' it gives me

    '10'

    I feel like I must be missing something really simple here.
    Last edited by Ultraman; 05-15-2006 at 09:23 PM.

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    Oh ! Ahah ! It just jumped in my face. You put a semi-colon after the for() statement.

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    Doh!

    Thanks for the quick replies Desolation. All is now well.

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