Thread: displaying this program 5 times

Hi!
im trying to make a program that will display this 5 times...
our instructor told us that we will use display(); command as a function...
i dont even know what that is.... what i did to make it work was to copy paste this 5 times.... but i need to learn this:
here's what i tried so far:

Code:

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

display();
display();
display();
display();
display();

main()
{
display();

clrscr();
gotoxy (34,12);
printf ("Adam");
sleep(1);
clrscr();
gotoxy(34,14);
printf ("Adam");
sleep(1);
getchar();

}

so the output should be to display the name inside the main(red) 5 times

oh i can see that you can use any words other than display

There is the for loop.

How about just copying and pasting that text 5 times in a row then ? (definitely not the best way of doing things, though)

In this case, may-be you are supposed to write a function called display, and call it 5 times in a row?

Code:

void display(void)
{
    //your code here
}

> what i did to make it work was to copy paste this 5 times
You prototyped it 5 times, and called it once.

Try the other way round.

Originally Posted by anon

In this case, may-be you are supposed to write a function called display, and call it 5 times in a row?

Code:

void display(void)
{
    //your code here
}

yeah i think this is similar

Code:

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

display();
display();
display();
display();
display();


void display(void)
{

clrscr();
gotoxy (34,12);
printf ("Adam");
sleep(1);
clrscr();
gotoxy(34,14);
printf ("Adam");
sleep(1);
getchar();
}

this still gives errors

this still gives errors

Well yeah, considering you don't have a main method. Listen to Salem and try :

Code:

int main(void)
{
        display();
        display();
        display();
        display();
        display();
        return 0;
}

Instead of :

Code:

display();
display();
display();
display();
display();

function calls aren't really function calls when they're not inside a function. Then, it's just saying "hey there's a function by this name!"