Thread: little help with nonassigned variable error

this is a basic program for playing a number game where you get 6 guesses to find a number, however im getting an error for 'gotit' not being assigned to a variable that is used in the function main and i can't seem to find the error

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
#define THENUMBER 17
#define MAXGUESSES 6
void greet(void);
int prompt1(void);
void prompt2 (void);
int getresp(void);
int playagain(void);
void goodbye(void);
int main()
{
 int play,gotit,thenumber,ans,numguesses;
 greet();
 play = TRUE;
 gotit = FALSE;
 
 while(play){
  thenumber= prompt1();
  gotit = FALSE;
  numguesses = 0;
  
  while(!gotit&& numguesses <MAXGUESSES) {
  prompt2();
  ans=getresp();
  numguesses++;
  
  if(ans==thenumber){
  printf("****correct!!!!*****\n\n");
  gotit=TRUE;
  play=playagain();
  }
  else {
   if(ans<thenumber)
   printf("too low!\n");
   else if (ans>thenumber)
   printf("too high!\n");
   gotit=FALSE;
   }
  }
  if (numguesses >=MAXGUESSES)
  printf("too many guesses\n");
 }
 goodbye();
 return 0;
}
void greet(void)
{
printf( "Welcome to the game of Guess It!\n" );
printf( "I will choose a number between 1 and 100.\n" );
printf( "You will try to guess that number. If you guess wrong,\n" );
printf( "I will tell you if you guessed too high or too low.\n" );
printf( "You have 6 tries to get the number.\n" );
}
int prompt1(void)
{
printf("\nOK, I am thinking of a number. Try to guess it.\n\n");
return THENUMBER;
}
void prompt2(void)
{
printf("your guess?");
}
int getresp(void)
{
int resp;
scanf("%d",&resp);
return(resp);
}
int playagain(void)
{
int iochar;
while((iochar=getchar())!='\n') /*clears input buffer*/
;
printf("want to play again?");
iochar =getchar();
if(iochar=='y' || iochar=='Y')
 return 1;
 return 0;
}
void goodbye (void)
{printf("goodbye, it was fun. play again sometime.\n");
}

my hair is on fire been coding since noon T.T

Paste the actual error, not a vague approximation. "gotit' not being assigned to a variable that is used in the function main" is never going to be something a compiler will print.

Also, I can see why you're confused (don't double post, btw), it might be because the indentation is awful. Fix that first.

WARNING W8004 'gotit' is assigned a value that is never used in function main (on line 17)

and its indented on my compiler just didnt copy over right

That's:
a) Obviously not an error, you can tell because it reads "WARNING".
b) Something that's pretty self-explanatory in it of itself.

You're never using the value you put in the variable "gotit". The compiler needs to take this seriously, because it leads to one of two (both bad) situations:
- Later in the program, the value is not getting read correctly, making the "gotit" value unused. It could be this, I haven't checked what actually happens.
- It doesn't ever get used, and it's a wasted instruction that you should remove.

thank you! sorry about the indentation i'm new to coding and still am trying to figure out the best way to indent it, very helpful grumpy

not a big problem,just a warning