Thread: value-returning function help

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    value-returning function help

    I have been trying to work on this program that takes a "necklace program" that I wrote and puts the results of that program into a multiplication table. I am doing it using a value returning function but keep getting the following errors and have no clue what they mean. Could anyone give me some tips?
    error C2082: redefinition of formal parameter 'num1'
    error C2082: redefinition of formal parameter 'num2'

    {


    Here is my program.

    Code:
    # include <cmath>
    # include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    # include <iomanip>
    
    
    
    int necklace( int, int);
    
    int main ()
    {	
    	cout << setw(5) << " ";
    	int count;
    	count = 1;
    	while ( count <= 15)
    	{ 
    		cout << setw(5) << count;
    		count++;
    	}
    	cout << endl;
    	count = 1;
    	cout << setw(5) << " ";
    	while (count <=15)
    	{	
    		cout << setw(5) << "___";
    		count++;
    	}
    	cout << endl;
    
    	int column, row;
    	column = 1;
    	while (column <=15)
    	{
    		cout << setw(3) << column << "|";
    		row = 1;
    		while ( row <=15)
    		{	int l;
    		l = necklace(row, column);
    		cout << setw(5) << l;
    
    
    
    
    		row++;
    		}
    		cout << endl;
    		column++;
    
    	}
    
    }
    
    
    
    	int necklace( int num1, int num2)
    	{	
    
    		int num3, num4, input1, input2, length, newNumber, newDigit;
    		bool notDone;
    
    		input1=num3;
    		input2=num4;
    
    		length=0;
    		notDone= true;  
    		while (notDone)
    
    		{	
    			newNumber = num1+num2;
    			newDigit  = newNumber &#37; 10;
    			length = length+1;
    			num3 = num4;
    			num4 = newDigit;
    
    			if (num3 == input1 && num4 == input2)
    			{
    				notDone= false;
    			}
    		}
    		return length;
    	}
    Last edited by hurriedfrenzy@h; 11-05-2008 at 02:57 AM. Reason: fixed one error

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    Define the necklace function after defining the main function.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Ok I fixed that problem but now the output is stopping after the first line and not continuing on down each row. Here is the updated code.
    Code:
    # include <cmath>
    # include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    # include <iomanip>
    
    
    
    int necklace( int, int);
    
    int main ()
    {	
    	cout << setw(5) << " ";
    	int count;
    	count = 1;
    	while ( count <= 9)
    	{ 
    		cout << setw(5) << count;
    		count++;
    	}
    	cout << endl;
    	count = 1;
    	cout << setw(5) << " ";
    	while (count <=9)
    	{	
    		cout << setw(5) << "___";
    		count++;
    	}
    	cout << endl;
    
    	int column, row;
    	column = 1;
    	while (column <=9)
    	{
    		cout << setw(3) << column << "|";
    		row = 1;
    		while ( row <=15)
    		{	int l;
    		l = necklace(row, column);
    		cout << setw(5) << l;
    
    
    
    
    		row++;
    		}
    		cout << endl;
    		column++;
    
    	}
    
    }
    
    
    
    	int necklace( int num1, int num2)
    	{	
    
    		int  input1, input2, length, newNumber, newDigit;
    		bool notDone;
    
    		input1=num1;
    		input2=num2;
    
    		length=0;
    		notDone= true;  
    		while (notDone)
    
    		{	
    			newNumber = num1+num2;
    			newDigit  = newNumber % 10;
    			length = length+1;
    			num1 = num2;
    			num2 = newDigit;
    
    			if (num1 == input1 && num2 == input2)
    			{
    				notDone= false;
    			}
    		}
    		return length;
    	}
    Last edited by hurriedfrenzy@h; 11-05-2008 at 03:06 AM. Reason: fixed problem

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    If num1 and num2 are going to always store a single digits then num1 is never going to be equal to 10-15 (input1) and notDone will always be false.
    I might be wrong.

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    Code:
    using namespace std;
    # include <iomanip>
    You should NEVER use a "using namespace XXX" before an include.

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