Thread: confusing error messages?

this is for school and im getting a few error messages that are confusing me. really am clueless as to why they are occuring?

Code:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int get_int(char msg[]);
double get_double(char msg[]);
void display(char hauler[],double tot_trash[],int i);

int main()
{
	char hauler[40][40];
	char msg[200];
	char end = ' ';
	int trash = 0;
	int l_trash;
	int i = 0;
	double tot_trash[40] = {0.0};
	double rate;
	double total = 0.0;
	
	while(end != 'Y')
	{
	printf("What is your name? %s\n",hauler);
	gets(hauler[i]);
	while(trash != 0)
	{
		strcpy(msg,"Enter how much trash you took out(0 to stop)? \n");
		
		trash = get_int(msg);
		tot_trash[i] += trash;
	}
	strcpy(msg,"How Much trash did you dump last month? \n");

	l_trash = get_int(msg);
	if(trash < l_trash)
		total = 350.00 * trash;
	else
	{	
		strcpy(msg,"Enter the Tonnage Rate? \n");
		rate = get_double(msg);
		total = 350.00 * l_trash;
		total += (350.00 + rate) * (trash - l_trash);
	}
	i++;
	printf("Do you want to enter a new hauler(y or n)? %s\n",end);
	end = getch();
	end = toupper(end);
	display(hauler[][],tot_trash[],i);
return 0;
}

int get_int(char msg[])
{
	char buf[40];
	printf(msg);
	gets(buf);
	return atoi(buf);;
}

double get_double(char msg[])
{
	char buf[40];
	printf(msg);
	gets(buf);
	return atof(buf);
}

void display(char hauler[],double tot_trash[],int i)
{
	for(int j = 0;j<i;j++)
	{
		printf("Hauler: %s spent %d\n",hauler[j],tot_trash[j]);
	}
}

c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(53): error C2059: syntax error : ']'
c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(58): error C2601: 'get_int' : local function definitions are illegal
c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(66): error C2601: 'get_double' : local function definitions are illegal
c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(74): error C2601: 'display' : local function definitions are illegal
c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(80): fatal error C1075: end of file found before the left brace '{' at 'c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(11)' was matched

thanks

You've confused yourself using strange indentation. You need a closing brace } to terminate your while after the display(hauler[][],tot_trash[],i); line and before return 0;

Once you've fixed that, the other errors disappear, but some new ones occur. This is because you are incorrectly passing arrays (including two dimensional) to the functions.

Have a read of http://c-faq.com/aryptr/index.html.

c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(46): error C3861: 'getch': identifier not found, even with argument-dependent lookup
c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(48): error C2664: 'display' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [40][40]' to 'char []'


well those are the two errors i get.

so whyd you change

display(hauler, tot_trash, i);

that from what i had dont you need arrays to pass through?

and the getch? dont i need the conio.h file???? at least thats what my book said anyway?

or edit your post before i finished replying? lol

well for school we have visual studio .net 2003 so it has it might go look up the other non microsoft way to do this later but for now this works.

ok so i did this

Code:

display(hauler, tot_trash, i);//ERROR MESSAGE POINTS HERE
void display(char hauler[][40], double tot_trash[], int i)
{
    for(int j = 0; j < i; j++)
    {
        printf("Hauler: %s spent %d\n", hauler[j], tot_trash[j]);
    }
}

and got this error and unless i missed something that looks like what you just posted?

c:\skool\Cpt235_1\proj 1\prog_1.cpp(49): error C2664: 'display' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [40][40]' to 'char []'

oops i forgot to change the function declartions at the top lol never mind it built fine now.