Thread: Creating Functions & passing information to other functions

I'm writting a piece of code that will use global and local values. Although when i try to compile it will not let me pass values to different functions. what am i doing wrong

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int a, b;
long int c, d, total;

int main()
{
	total = inputnumbers();
	printf("The sum of these numbers is %i", total);
}

int inputnumbers()
{
	printf("Please enter integer 1 : ");
	scanf("%i", &a);

	printf("Please enter integer 2 : ");
	scanf("%i", &b);

	printf("Please enter long integer 1 : ");
	scanf("%i", &c);

	printf("Please enter long integer 2 : ");
	scanf("%i", &d);

	return addints(a,b,c,d);
}

int addints(int w, int x, long int y, long int z)
{
	long int sum;
	sum = (long)w + (long)x + y + z;

	return sum;
}

This is about the order of visibility, reading from the top of the page down. C can't call a function it hasn't already seen... Since inputnumbers calls addints, it has to see addints before you can call it. Since main calls inputnumbers, it has to see inputnumbers first.

The correct order would be

addints()
inputnumbers()
main()

Your actually a wizard, thanks so much.

Originally Posted by RyanLeonard

Your actually a wizard, thanks so much.

No wizardry involved... it's just how the language works.

Lazerlight has shown you the alternative. It's probably just a matter of style, but I prefer to keep the order of functions rather than use prototypes.