Thread: help please i have errors and dont know how to fix them new at this

You need to terminate your line(s) with semi-colons ( ; )

And you need to look up how while loops work.

Code:

while (condition is true)
{
    /* run this code */
}

In your case, a for loop is likely a better option:

Code:

for(mph = 0; mph <= 80; mph += increment)
{
    /* run this code */
}

also while loop should be like

Code:

while ( condition )
{
   statement_1;
   ...
   statement_n;
}

Well, show us your updated code. So that we could have a look at. And I also notices this in the printf statement:

Code:

printf("%5.0f %5.1f" \n, mph, fps);

The '\n' character is an escape sequence character, which would always be part of a string. So that should be within the double quotes. Like

Code:

printf("%5.0f %5.1f \n", mph, fps);

And you should also look at how to indent you could. May be you will start loving your own code

Post your updated code. Let us see what have you got so far?

edit: Every statment in C language should terminate with the ';'. Make a note of that. So you write a code and thats SHOULD end with the ';' unless its some sort of conditional function!

-ssharish

Originally Posted by ssharish2005

edit: Every statment in C language should terminate with the ';'. Make a note of that. So you write a code and thats SHOULD end with the ';' unless its some sort of conditional function!

What that last bit means is that

Code:

if (x) ;
    printf("x is true\n");

is "not right" - however, the compiler will happily compile it, and only few compilers will even say things like "Huh? did you mean to do "if (x) then do nothing" - it is not uncommon that even experienced programmers make that mistake from time to time. It gets extra bad when the condition is false only rarely - say in the above that we expect x to be true most of the time. It may be hard to discover that it has printed an extra "x is true" line for the time x was NOT true.

--
Mats

I did actually specify "unless it is some sort of conditional function. All other statments should end with the ';'.

Originally Posted by ssharish2005
edit: Every statment in C language should terminate with the ';'. Make a note of that. So you write a code and thats SHOULD end with the ';' unless its some sort of conditional function!

Edit: May be i could have made much more clear

-ssharish

You forgot a semi colon, another way to write it would be:
mph += increment;

Originally Posted by magic3663

so im new to the c programming thing but im starting to find it quite intesting so i am trying to make a program that converts mph to fps but i keep getting errors can anyone help me heres the program

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int main()

{ 

int mph =0
double fps, increment
printf("please input increment between 0-80 mph \n");
scanf("%lf", &increment);
mph=mph + increment           <----  need a semi colon,

while mph <=80
{
      fps=mph*5280/3600
      printf("%5.0f %5.1f" \n, mph, fps);
}

i get errors on lines 12 saying that i have a syntax error before double
line 14 says increment is undeclared (first use this function)then on 14 again sainf that each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appearsin.) and lie 17 says syntax error before "mph"

Originally Posted by madmax2006

You forgot a semi colon

Or a few... Which has already been discussed.

--
Mats

>You forgot a semi colon
there is more than a semi colon, which the OP has to sort out.

-ssharish

Well, how many times should we have to point you out? Where are the semi-colns ????

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int main()
{ 
    int mph =0 ;
    double fps, increment ;
    printf("please input increment between 0-80 mph \n");
    scanf("%lf", &increment);
    
    mph = mph + increment;
    
    for ( mph <= 80; mph += increment ) ; <-- why do you need this?? take this out     
    {
       fps=mph*5280/3600 ;
       printf("%5.0f %5.1f\n", mph, fps);
    }
    return 0;
}

ssharish