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    Sscanf

    Hi, I am only just starting to learn C and am trying to write a simple compound interest finding program.

    All 4 of the fgets/sscanf statements give this compile error, althoguh I can't work out how to fix it.

    Error E2285 compound.cpp 16: Could not find a match for 'fgets(char,int,FILE *)' in function main()
    Error E2268 compound.cpp 16: Call to undefined function 'fgets' in function main()
    Error E2034 compound.cpp 17: Cannot convert 'int' to 'const char *' in function main()
    Error E2342 compound.cpp 17: Type mismatch in parameter '__buffer' (wanted 'const char *', got 'char
    ') in function main()

    Code:
    /* Financial Math - Compound Interest */
    
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    int main()
    {
    
    int principal = 0, interestRate = 0, numberUnits = 0, timeUnits = 0, amount = 0;
    char principalInput, interestInput, numberInput, timeInput;
    
    printf("Compound interest is calculated with the use of the compound interest formula; A = P[(1 + r/100n)^nt]");
    printf("\n Principal (initial amount): ");
    fgets(principalInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(principalInput, "%i", &principal);
    
    printf("\n Interest rate (%): ");
    fgets(interestInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(interestInput, "%i", &interestRate);
    
    printf("\n Number of times compounded per time unit: ");
    fgets(numberInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(numberInput, "%i", &numberUnits);
    
    printf("\n Number of time units: ");
    fgets(timeInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(timeInput, "%i", &timeUnits);
    
    amount = (principal * (1 + (interestRate/(100 * numberUnits)))) pow(numberUnits * timeUnits);
    printf("\n Compound interest = $%i", amount);
    return 0;
    }

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    Thats because, the fgets and sscanf function are expecting a char array but not just a char.

    fgets(principalInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(principalInput, "%i", &principal);

    principalInput should be a char array!

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    Code:
    amount = (principal * (1 + (interestRate/(100 * numberUnits)))) pow(numberUnits * timeUnits);
    There is something wrong with that calculation.
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    Thanks for the help. I fixed the char problem and are working on the calculation now.

    Principal and number of times are both showing as 0. Interest rate is showing at 929269760 and number of years is showing at a similar ridiculous rate. Why?

    Code:
    /* Financial Math - Compound Interest */
    
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    int main()
    {
    
    printf("Financial Math - Compound Interest v2.0 \n");
    
    float principal = 0, interestRate = 0, numberUnits = 0, timeUnits = 0, amount01, amount02, power, test;
    char principalInput[100], interestInput[100], numberInput[100], timeInput[100];
    
    printf("Compound interest is calculated with the use of the compound interest formula; A = P[(1+r/100n)^nt]");
    printf("\nPrincipal (initial amount): ");
    fgets(principalInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(principalInput, "%d", &principal);
    
    printf("Interest rate (%): ");
    fgets(interestInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(interestInput, "%d", &interestRate);
    
    printf("Number of times compounded per time unit: ");
    fgets(numberInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(numberInput, "%d", &numberUnits);
    
    printf("Number of years: ");
    fgets(timeInput, 10, stdin);
    sscanf(timeInput, "%d", &timeUnits);
    
    printf("	Principal: %d, Interest rate: %d", principal, interestRate);
    printf("\n	Number of times: %d, Number of years: %d \n", numberUnits, timeUnits);
    
    amount01 = principal * (1 + (interestRate/(100 * numberUnits)));
    power = (numberUnits * timeUnits);
    amount02 =  pow(amount01, power);
    printf("Compound interest = $%i", amount02);
    return 0;
    }
    Last edited by Dink87522; 10-05-2009 at 07:58 AM.

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    be mindful of your printf codes...you're printing floats as a %d...%d is for integers...that's why you're getting the odd answers.

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