Newbie question or dumb?idk

Yea, im wonderin if i could make, a very simple program i made in a very short period of time,-(i was bored lol)- into a stand alone non terminating program. I am new to this code and don't know whether it is posible or the slightest idea how to do it.
The code is...

Code:

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//Sales tax calculator (CA, Alameda county sales tax)

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int i;
  cout << "Please enter the price: ";
  cin >> i;
  cout << " The price you entered is " << i;
  cout << " The sales tax for this amount is " << 8.75/100*i << ".\n";
  cout << " The total amount is $ " << 8.75/100*i+i ;
}

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if you could please explain how to do it that would be great :).
Any edits you think would improve the program or enable me to do what i want, if you could post it that would be appreciated

int's can only hold whole (integral(sp?)) numbers. You want a float or a double. Also making the computer do calcs like 8.75/100 is just cpu cycles wasted. Just use 0.0875 .

Oh, oops i gave the wrong code i had 0.0875 on my new one i didn't notice i put that one :(
thank you for pointing that out. But do know how i can make the program without running it on the Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt, how do i make it so that if i press enter it wont close while opening it without the Command prompt.

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html

Read this.

Thank you very much Wraithan, i got it to work :).
Just one more question what do i have to do to make it so it will loop
by that i mean once it has calculated everything and its done what do it do so it reopens without reexecing the exe file?

ohh one more thing how do i make it say the title of the program on the very top instead of the file directory?

Question 1: Read the tutorials.

Question 2: Search the forums, this was answered recently.

ok thx man

>> what do i have to do to make it so it will loop

Use a loop. A while loop would probably be most appropriate.

Question 1:

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Originally Posted by Prsharp

Just one more question what do i have to do to make it so it will loop
by that i mean once it has calculated everything and its done what do it do so it reopens without reexecing the exe file?

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Question 2:

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Originally Posted by Prsharp

ohh one more thing how do i make it say the title of the program on the very top instead of the file directory?

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Start using google and or searching the forums and you will find most of your questions answered.

> how do i make it say the title of the program on the very top instead of the file directory?
You mean the title bar on the console? In windows, you would have to create a Win32 Console Application and then use an API function SetConsoleTitle to change the title. Well, not the ONLY way, it's the fastest way anyway.

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    SetConsoleTitle("VIP quality window!");
    std::cout << "It's VIP QUALITY!\n";
    return 0;
}

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It cannot be done in a standard way, because that behavior is completely platform dependant.

ok i got it

>> 8.75/100*i

That won't give you what you want, I think. It'll multiply i by 100, then divide 8.75 by that. I think what you want is i*8.75/100, or to make it clearer, (i*8.75)/100. It figures out brackets first, then the multiplication sign, then the division one, then if you want to use them, addition and subtraction, in that order.

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Originally Posted by Wraithan

Also making the computer do calcs like 8.75/100 is just cpu cycles wasted. Just use 0.0875 .

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Any compiler worth using is going to do such a calculation at compile time, and the only wasted CPU cycles will be during said compilation, not during the program execution.

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Originally Posted by twomers

>> 8.75/100*i

That won't give you what you want, I think. It'll multiply i by 100, then divide 8.75 by that. I think what you want is i*8.75/100, or to make it clearer, (i*8.75)/100. It figures out brackets first, then the multiplication sign, then the division one, then if you want to use them, addition and subtraction, in that order.

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No, that will work fine. Multiplication and division are of the same precidence, read left to right.

Yea, i know it was working fine like I had it. I am still trying to change the Title bar name

errrr nvm about the title bar i didnt see someone had answered that already. how do i embed an icon?

Well, you typically make the icon, place it into your project directory, and then add it to your Win32 application using a resource file.

how would i make a resource files?
(i use Dev C++ or VC 2005)

It's called google. Use it.

You say, you want an icon in a DOS program? Sorry, no can do. Use the Windows API and write a native Win32 program.


EDIT: Or maybe you can. If you use Dev-C++ and start a new project: Clicky