Thread: [Code] Help with identifying errors

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    Unhappy [Code] Help with identifying errors

    Hello! I need help in identifying errors here and corrections is needed actually...

    Code:
     
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    
    int main()
    {
    
    
        float temp;
        char child;
        int i;
    
    
        printf("Children A&E Department.  We can only treat 3 children each time. \n\n");
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++);
        {
            printf("Enter body temperature of patient %d in degree Celcius: ", i + 1);
            scanf("%.1f",  &temp);
    
    
            for (;; // forever loop
            {
                printf("Is patient a child age 0 to 11 (y/n): ");
    
    
                fflush(stdin);   //need to have  fflush(stdin);  if you scanf(“%c”, …) to read a char from user
                scanf("%c", &child);
                if (child = 'y' || child = 'n');   //will repeat until user enters 'y' or 'n'.
                {
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (child = 'y');
            {
                if (temper < 36.6);
                {
                   printf("Child patient's temper of %.1f deg Celcius is Below Average \n", &temp);
                }
                else if (temper <= 37.2);    //else if (temper >= 36.6 && temper <= 37.2)
                {
                    printf("Child patient's temper of %.1f deg Celcius is Normal \n", &temp);
                }
                else   //fever if body temperature is > 37.2 Deg Celcius
                {
                    printf("Child patient's temper of %.1f deg Celcius is Above Normal. Fever ! \n", &temp);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                printf("This is Children A&E Department here. Please go to Normal A&E Department. \n");
                i--;    //this loop is skipped (i.e. this loop is a “don’t care”), so don’t let i increment by one
                // continue;   //continue; will skip this loop, and go to i++ of for loop
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

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    After a quick glance, look at this snippet:

    Code:
     
            for (;; // forever loop   /////////// Missing a closing parentheses.
            {
                printf("Is patient a child age 0 to 11 (y/n): ");
     
     
                fflush(stdin);   //need to have  fflush(stdin);  if you scanf(“%c”, …) to read a char from user   NO, this invokes undefined behaviour, fflush() is only defined to be used with output streams.
                scanf("%c", &child);
    Instead of invoking undefined behaviour with fflush() just tell scanf() to skip leading whitespace (scanf(" %c", &child) (notice the leading whitespace).

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    Looks like a "fix the errors" homework.
    Tutor hands students some code with errors deliberately added, and it's the students job to fix it.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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