Thread: Problem with for loop

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    Post Problem with for loop

    Hello. I am having a problem with a program I am making. It won't compile. Can somebody look at it and see what I am doing wrong? (it says that there is a problem with the for loop)
    Code:
    #include <cstdlib>
    #include <iostream>
    
    #include <string>
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <fstream>
    
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int mainmenu () {
         cout<< "Welcome to the NaNoWriMo Notepad!\nHave fun!\n";
        cout<< "\nMAIN MENU\n 1 Create a New Project\n 2 Open a Project\n 3 quit\n\n";
        int mainmenu;
        cin>> mainmenu;
        return(mainmenu);
    }
    
    void create () {
          cout<< "What is your project's name (you can't change this later) (hint: you need to rememer this, so call it the year): ";
                    char filename[20];
                    cin>> filename;
                    cout<< "\nYour file is called " << filename << "\n";
                    cout<< "Your file is now being created.\n";
                                ofstream Project(filename, ios::out);
                    }
         
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        ofstream fout;
        system("color 02"); 
        SetConsoleTitle("NaNoWriMo Notepad");
        
    for(,,) {
        int menu;
        menu = mainmenu();
           
        if(menu == 1) {
                create ();               
                    }
        else if(menu == 2) {
             char myfile[20];
             cout<< "Enter the name of your file (the year): ";
             cin>> myfile;
             }
             
        
        else if(menu == 3) {
             system("exit");
             }
    }
     
        
        cout<<"Hello World!\n";
        string test;
        getline( cin, test );
        cout<< test;
        
        system("PAUSE");
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    Thanks

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    Code:
    for(,,)
    should be

    Code:
    for(;;)
    although it should really be a while loop.
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    Well first lets look at this code and what can be gotten rid of... such as the whole cout<<"Hello World"

    You are trying to make an infinate loop with for(,,) but you got it wrong, you want for(; but generally if you need to do that in small basic programs you are doing something wrong design wise.

    Perhaps you can make a variable (bool run = true) then have a while(run) loop instead of the for loop. That way you don't have to make a call to system("exit") which is another frowned on programming practice.

    [edit] 99% of times system() calls can be completely avoided, don't use them unless you have a REALLY good reason to. You could just replace system("exit"); with return 0; and get the same results. Only the return 0; Allows the program to exit naturally.
    Last edited by Wraithan; 09-29-2006 at 04:22 PM.

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    Oh, thanks! I knew it was something simple...

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