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Im running into a dilema with a c++ question..
If you can please im me at noseshuvit thats my aim sn. Thx its about convering inches to centimeters.. Then inches to yards then feet then inches.. I have to make a program that prompts the user to input length then convert the length to inches and ouput the length expressed in yards, feet and inches
First, learn to do the math with pencil & paper. Once you know that, then you can start to write the program.
What's the dilemma, and why IM you? Why not post it here?
You can either do the math (with pencil & paper) as Ancient Dragon suggested, and then just code that in (it is a REALLY simple program).
Or you can look up in a Physics or Chemistry handbook the conversion factor. So you can then just take your number and simply multiply it by one other number to get the new value in the new unit.
Either way…..Why would anybody need to IM you for this?
because of the degree of difficulty
what don't you understand -- the math or how to write the program. You can look up the math in any 5th grade math book. or see hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe123
its not difficult at all unless ur making it a windows program otherwise console ........ like that is easy, best not to post your im ppl will spam u
psuedo code:
Code:prompt user input
convert to feet
output feet
convert to yards
output yards
//do more conversions
Here's what to do:
- Make a plan. Prog-bman's psudo code is a good example of how to lay-out step-by-step how the program is going to work. I usually start out with an empty main() program except for psudo code written in comment-format. Then, I start adding real code. I'll usually edit (and add-to) the psudo-code comments to better explain the actual code.
- Start-out with a Hello World program, but change Hello World to Conversion Program or something like that.
- Test-compile & test-run.
- Add a cout statement requesting user input.
- Add a cin statement to get user input.
- Add a temporary cout statement to display the user input and confirm that everything is OK so far. (You'll need a variable or two also.... Use floats or doubles. If you use ints, you'll have nothing to the right of the decimal point.)
- Test-compile & test-run.
- Add one of the conversion-calculation statments. (Inches to centimeters or something.)
- Add a cout statment to display the results.
- Test-compile & test-run. Use a calculator to confirm it's working.
- Add the other calculations, one at a time 'till done. Test-compile & test-run frequently!
If you need help with some of the above steps, post the code that you have so-far, and explain the problem.
Assuming that this is homework, your lecture and book should have covered everything you need to know to write the program (cin, cout and basic calculations.). However, your instructor may have assumed that you already know how to make the conversions by hand, or on a calculator.
Note that all real-world programs are created this way... starting with a small core, and building a little at a time... testing & debugging along the way. But, you can't usually just go "top-to-bottom"... You usually have to figure-out the development sequence, which parts of the program to add next so that the program can be compiled, run and tested before it's complete.
As you gain experience you'll be able to add more than one or two lines between testing, but your programs will become mrore complex too. So, you'll almost never write an entire program without testing as you go-along.
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Making it a windows program isn't tough either. You just gotta use a different method of getting input. A method that takes a little more coding, but the way I would do it is using Dialog boxes. Make a Dialog box that has an edit control and a button. When the button is clicked retrieve the number, do the conversions, and output the converted values to a CTEXT control.Quote:
Originally Posted by C+noob
DougDbug is spot on!!!