Thread: Help writing program

Can someone please help me write these 2 little programs, i been having trouble understanding how to get it done.

1. Write a program that requests three numbers from the user and prints out whether the numbers are the same or not. Your code may contain only one if statement.
Please enter number 1: 3
Please enter number 2: 4
Please enter number 3: 3
The numbers ARE NOT the same


Please enter number 1: 3
Please enter number 2: 3
Please enter number 3: 3
The numbers ARE the same


2. Write a program that requests three numbers from the user and prints out whether at least two of the numbers are the same or not. Your code may contain only one if statement .
Please enter number 1: 3
Please enter number 2: 4
Please enter number 3: 3
At least two of the numbers are the same


Please enter number 1: 2
Please enter number 2: 3
Please enter number 3: 4
None of the numbers are the same



I would appreciate any kind of help getting these done

Originally Posted by grjae

I fixed the problems but still cant get it to run. These are the errors I am getting

Code:

c:\documents and settings\kathy\my documents\visual studio 2010\projects\g\g\g.cpp(7): error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)
c:\documents and settings\kathy\my documents\visual studio 2010\projects\g\g\g.cpp(21): error C2059: syntax error : 'else'
c:\documents and settings\kathy\my documents\visual studio 2010\projects\g\g\g.cpp(22): error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)
c:\documents and settings\kathy\my documents\visual studio 2010\projects\g\g\g.cpp(25): error C2059: syntax error : 'return'

Post the updated code.

Originally Posted by grjae

This is the way my teacher has been teaching us for my C programming class. I only have been in the class for two weeks so I am still very new with how to put it in the right structure. This is the code i got now.

HOLY CRAP! Your teacher is teaching this hodgepodge as C language?
You need to sit down with the Dean or Principal and start the conversaition with: "Excuse me sir, but I don't think my C programming teacher knows what he's doing..."

Code:

#include "StdAfx.h"    << --- not a C header
#include <iostream>  << --- Not a C header

int main();                                          <<--- should be int main (void)
int Number1, Number2, Number3;     << --- old style pre C-89 variable declarations
{
cout<< "Please enter number1";       <<--- cout is NOT a C function
cin>> Number1;                                  <<--- cin is NOT a C function
cout<< "Please enter number2";
cin>> Number2;
cout<< "Please enter number3";
cin>> Number3;


if (Number1 == Number2 && Number2 == Number3)  <<-- well, this much is right.

cout<< the numbers ARE the same;  << --- not a C function,  should be quoted in C++
}                                                      <<-- mismatched braces
else
{                                                      <<-- more mismatched braces 
cout<< the numbers ARE NOT the same;   <<-- not a C function, should be quoted in C++

return 0;
}

Now take this to your teacher's boss... and get yourself a proper teacher!

Code:

int main();                                          <<--- should be int main (void)
int Number1, Number2, Number3;     << --- old style pre C-89 variable declarations
{

I think he just goofed there. If it was old style declarations as arguments for main, the parenthesis of main would look like:

Code:

int main(Number1,Number2,Number3)

Also, he has a ; at the end of main() which makes it just a function prototype, which means that the { doesn't actually belong to any function.

Quzah.