Thread: Help needed (problem with basic C program)

Code:

 
for(j=0;i<50;i++)  //use i not j, 
{
 printf("Input %d is %s\n",i,namearr[i]);
}

Should help some.

Originally Posted by Adak

Code:

 
for(j=0;i<50;i++)  //use i not j, 
{
 printf("Input %d is %s\n",i,namearr[i]);
}

Should help some.

Yes thanks!


The final successful code is:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
 int i,j;
  char namearr[50][50];
  
  printf("please enter the names you want in the file (limit is 50 names)");
  
  for(i=0;i<50;i++)
  {
 printf("Type name entry %d\n",i);
 scanf("%s",&namearr[i]);
 }
 

for(j=0;j<50;j++)
{
 printf("Input %d is %s\n",j,namearr[j]);
} 
  
  system("PAUSE");	
  return 0;
}

But still I can't find a way to stop prompting the user for strings if he has entered some number of strings less than 50 and has no more to add.

And still I don't understand why:

Code:

for(int i=0;i<50;i++)

doesnt work or compile for that matter as a for loop and returns error mentioned earlier...

Originally Posted by EpicYuzer

But still I can't find a way to stop prompting the user for strings if he has entered some number of strings less than 50 and has no more to add.

Ok, here comes the "looking stuff up" part... Take a look at the stuff in your entries loop. Actually look them up in the C library documentation and study how they work... Does anything in that documentation suggest a way of ending the loop?

Code:

for(int i=0;i<50;i++)

doesnt work or compile for that matter as a for loop and returns error mentioned earlier...

That's because of the for (int i ... With the declaration inside the braces is a C-99 enhancement and you are not using a C-99 capable compiler.

Yet another case for looking stuff up.

Seriously... Do you know the 4 rules of computer bliss?

1) Read the effing screen
2) Read the effing help file
3) Read the effing manual
4) Ok, now you can ask your question.

Seriously... This has been around for years and years... Ever heard RTFM... well, that's were it comes from.

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Ok, here comes the "looking stuff up" part... Take a look at the stuff in your entries loop. Actually look them up in the C library documentation and study how they work... Does anything in that documentation suggest a way of ending the loop?



That's because of the for (int i ... With the declaration inside the braces is a C-99 enhancement and you are not using a C-99 capable compiler.

Yet another case for looking stuff up.

Seriously... Do you know the 4 rules of computer bliss?

1) Read the effing screen
2) Read the effing help file
3) Read the effing manual
4) Ok, now you can ask your question.

Seriously... This has been around for years and years... Ever heard RTFM... well, that's were it comes from.

anduril462 already answered my question in an exceptional manner, and I didn't ask for any further clarification. So for you to comment in a childish manner is unneeded and rather useless.

Thanks aundril462!