newbie_here!!help??

[P3st]

Hey, I learning to program in c just started like two or three weeks ago. I was writing this program from one exercise I came in contact with and the code does what it is suppose to do, but i get this number at the end of each prompt i try several things even setting the varibles to zero but instead of the numbers appearing , zero appears. The codes is this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
/*declares variables*/
int begin_num;
int bn;
int stop_num;
int increment_num;

/*prompt the user for input*/
printf ("\n Please enter a number to begin counting from:%d",bn);
scanf ("%d",&bn);
printf ("\n Please enter a number to stop counting:%d",stop_num);
scanf ("%d",&stop_num);
printf ("\n Please enter the increment number:%d",increment_num);
scanf ("%d",&increment_num);

/*the for_loop*/
for (begin_num =bn;begin_num <=stop_num;begin_num+=increment_num)
printf ("\n%d",begin_num);
}


This is what i get:

Please enter a number to begin counting from:1074048096

Please enter a number to stop counting:134513258

Please enter the Increment number:-1073743960

Can anyone help me by explaining why this happen or how to fix this.
Thanx

[SourceCode]

 printf ("\n Please enter a number to begin counting from:%d",bn);

bn has a garbage value in it. You need to give a variable a value before printing it.

You do this with all the other variables too, your printing them and then getting a value for them. Should be the other way around

[confuted]

You have the control code %d in your printf statements, which is a placeholder for an int. As Sourcecode just said, you need to initialize your variables too... try this... *feeling generous*

#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
	/*declares variables*/
	int begin_num=0;
	int bn=0;
	int stop_num=0;
	int increment_num=0;

	/*prompt the user for input*/
	printf ("Please enter a number to begin counting from:");
	scanf ("%d",&bn);
	printf ("\n Please enter a number to stop counting:");
	scanf ("%d",&stop_num);
	printf ("\n Please enter the increment number:");
	scanf ("%d",&increment_num);

	/*the for_loop*/
	for (begin_num =bn;begin_num <=stop_num;begin_num+=increment_num)
		printf ("\n%d",begin_num);
}

oh, and use code tags...