io and for loops??

[limitmaster]

Hi to everyone, I started programming in c cause i have nothing else to do so i studied it using the book "THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 2nd edition by Brian W. Kerningham and Dennis Ritchie...now the problem is this....

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

main()

{
    int start, end, count;
       
    printf("Input first number\n");
    scanf("%d", &start);
    
    printf("Input second number\n");
    scanf("%d", &end);
    
    for(count = "%d", start; count <= "%d", end; count++)
        
    printf("%d");
   
    system("pause");
    
}

all i want is that when i input like for ex. 1 for my start number 10 for my end number it will count 1 2 3 4 5 6...10 but i can't figure it out......help needed

[wintellect]

you need to declare "d" as an int before you can use it

And this bit needs to be re-written

for(count = "%d", start; count <= "%d", end; count++)
        
    printf("%d");

[mass]

you should modify your code as:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>// not necessary here (no use of any function included in this library) 

int main(void)//main function takes no argument so you should use void*

{
    int start, end, count;
       
    printf("Input first number\n");
    scanf("%d", &start);
    
    printf("Input second number\n");
    scanf("%d", &end);
    
    for(count = start; count <=end; count++)
        printf("%d ",count);
    
   
    return 0;
    
}

[limitmaster]

Waahhhhhhhhh why haven't i figured that out????????!!!! but anyway thanks......

[Richie T]

>>main()
>>system("pause");

I somehow doubt that K&R teaches code like that - look up
another way to keep the console box open and use int main as
already mentioned.

>>you need to declare "d" as an int before you can use it

What? "%d" is a format specifier - its used with printf, scanf and
variants thereof - it is not a variable - go look up your own
resources as well wintellect - that shows a severe
misunderstanding of the basics.

You could do this with two variables - start and end as follows:

    for(; start <=end; start++)
        printf("%d ",start);

but mass's way works just fine as well.