Thread: Beginner question: passing values between functions

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    Beginner question: passing values between functions

    I'm trying to read in values with one function and then do a simple calculation and print the result using second function. In the end the program is going to be more complicated but that's what I started from.

    However I ran into problems already. As the result I'm expecting ln(first input number) but that's not what I'm getting. I'm having doubts that the way I do it now wont pass values to second function but I'm not really sure either where the problem is.

    That's the code I'm using:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <math.h>
    
    double sisestus(double, double, double);
    double arvutus(double, double);
    
    main(void)
    {
        double a,b,h;
        sisestus(a,b,h);
        
        double summa;
        arvutus(a, summa);
        
        printf("Vajuta suvalisele klahvile...");
        getch(); 
        return 0;
    }
    
    
    /*Sisestus*/
    double sisestus(double s1, double s2, double s3)
    {    
        printf("Sisesta argumendi vähim väärtus.\n");
        scanf("%lf",&s1);
        printf("Vähim väärtus on %3.2lf\n", s1);
        
        printf("Sisesta argumendi suurim väärtus.\n");
        scanf("%lf",&s2);
        printf("suurim väärtus on %3.2lf\n", s2);
        
        printf("Sisesta samm.\n");
        scanf("%lf",&s3);
        printf("Samm on %3.2lf\n", s3);	
    }
    
    
    /*Arvutamine*/
    double arvutus(double s1, double s2)
    {
        s2=log(s1);
        printf("%lf\n", s2);
    }
    Any help and explanation is appreciated.

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    Ok, you're not passing be reference. You need to send the address of your variables if you want your function to actually change their values (instead of just a copy of them).
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    You only pass the address of a value if you are using pointers
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    Code:
    printf("%lf\n", s2);
    scanf() uses %f for floats and %lf for doubles, while printf() uses %lf for floats and doubles.

    getch() is typically in <conio.h>.

    [edit]
    Code:
    printf("V&#228;him v&#228;&#228;rtus on %3.2lf\n", s1);
    I think "&#228;" is an extended ASCII character; to use it in a program, you should probably figure out the ASCII value for it and convert it to octal, using it like this
    Code:
    "V\123him"
    or convert it to hex and use it like this
    Code:
    "V\x1ahim"
    You might want to look at these tutorials:
    [/edit]
    Last edited by dwks; 11-18-2006 at 05:26 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by swgh
    You only pass the address of a value if you are using pointers
    Yes, which is typically what you'd want to do to alter an argument being passed to your function.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dwks
    while printf() uses %lf for floats and doubles.
    No, printf() uses %f for floats and doubles.

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