Thread: trolley buses (program is crashing)

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    Unhappy trolley buses (program is crashing)

    Problem - A - Codeforces


    i was solving this question..
    using dynamically allocated memory as well as declaring arrays..
    in both methods
    after i give the input..
    input : 3 10 1000
    0 10
    program is not responding (it is crashing)

    i dunno why please help me..

    the code is (i feel i followed a indent style )

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    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<conio.h>
    #include<stdlib.h>
    #include<math.h>
    int main()
    {
        long int n;
        float a,d,v_check,d_check,t_check,d_temp,t_temp;  //v_check uses 
        int i;
        float t_initial[1000],v[1000],t_final[1000];
        v_check=(float)sqrt(2*a*d);
        scanf("%d%f%f",&n,&a,&d);
        /*t_initial=(int *)malloc(n*sizeof(int));
        t_final=(int *)malloc(n*sizeof(int));
        v=(int *)malloc(n*sizeof(int));*/
        for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        {
            t_initial[i]=0;
            t_final[i]=0;
            v[i]=0;
        }
         
         
            for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        {
            scanf("%f%f",t_initial[i],v[i]);
        }   
        
        for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        {
           if(v_check>v[i])
           {
              t_check=(float)v[i]/a;
              d_check=(float)(a*t_check*t_check);
           }                              
           d_temp=(float)(d-d_check);
           t_temp=(float)d_temp/v[i];
           t_final[i]=(float)(t_initial[i]+t_check+t_temp);         
        }
        for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        {
           if(t_final[i]>t_final[0]&&t_final[i]>t_initial[0])
           {
              t_final[i]=(float)t_final[0];
           }                                      
        }   
    
    
        for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
        {
           printf("%f\n",t_final[i]);             
        }
        getch();
        
    }

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    Quote Originally Posted by thriller500
    program is not responding (it is crashing)

    i dunno why please help me..
    You're writing past the bounds of the int array v.
    Kurt

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    If reading a long int, use "%ld" format specifier. Using "%d" gives undefined behaviour.

    The code, as you have posted it, comments out the malloc() calls.

    Type conversions are not needed for malloc(). If you need them to get the code to compile, it usually means you have forgotten to #include <stdlib.h> .... which you have. And forcing the code to compile in that way usually results in a program that crashes (due to round trip conversions between pointers and int losing information).

    In the loops, the indexing (for dynamically allocated arrays on n elements) runs from zero to n-1. Your code is indexing from 1 to n. The last time through the loop will fall off the end of the arrays, and give undefined behaviour.
    Right 98% of the time, and don't care about the other 3%.

    If I seem grumpy or unhelpful in reply to you, or tell you you need to demonstrate more effort before you can expect help, it is likely you deserve it. Suck it up, Buttercup, and read this, this, and this before posting again.

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    ^^i eliminated the dynamic allocation because i felt that is causing the problem..
    i gave 3 inputs not n inputs ( i dunno think thats a problem) ..

    Zuk
    @ used it problem persists

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    Show us what you have changed so far.
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    i got the problem...i didnt add & in the scanf function

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    I gave you a list of other problems with your code, but you appear to have ignored that.
    Right 98% of the time, and don't care about the other 3%.

    If I seem grumpy or unhelpful in reply to you, or tell you you need to demonstrate more effort before you can expect help, it is likely you deserve it. Suck it up, Buttercup, and read this, this, and this before posting again.

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