Thread: Simple problem

You are assigning to result before you've read in the value for number.

Code:

result = number/28;

stores the result of the expression (number/28) in result, not the expression itself. So the result variable will not auto update when you change 'number'

Hmmm, Im not getting errors now but I am getting some crazy results...

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
int number =0;
float result;


printf("How many boxes are in the shipment?\n\n");
scanf("%f",&number);


result = number/28.0;

printf("You need %2.2f flats\n\n",result);

return 0;

}

I changed the 28 to 28.0 and moved it down after the scanf() statement.

Originally Posted by JoshD75

Hmmm, Im not getting errors now but I am getting some crazy results...

'number' is an int but you are telling scanf it's a float.

Ahh thanks Mike. Got it

Oh, one more question...

When I run this while in Visual C++ it works fine, but when I copy the .exe file to my desktop and run it, I type in the "number" and the console just dissapears. Any ideas why?

Originally Posted by JoshD75

Hmmm, Im not getting errors now but I am getting some crazy results...

First and hardest lesson in programming... "Compiles" does not mean "Works".

Originally Posted by CommonTater

First and hardest lesson in programming... "Compiles" does not mean "Works".

very true my friend