Thread: C++ Quiz Problem

Hi

Im new to this forum, I just signed up

I have a problem with my code. I am trying to make a quiz, it was working fine yesterday. I tried to debug it today and i got 29 errors!

I dont understand how that happened, I have looked at the output and I just dont see whats wrong with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and yes I a noob

Code is below:

Code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>

int main();
}
char a;
printf("GENERAL QUIZ\n");
printf("\n");
printf("Who is the chairman of Microsoft Corp?\n");
printf("1 Bill Gates\n");
printf("2 Steve Jobs\n");
printf("3 Jake Taylor\n");
a=getchar();
if (a=='1') printf("Correct\n"); else printf("Wrong\n");
while (a!='z');
  {
  a=getchar();
{

EDIT: You'll have to explain things carefully as I can get easily confused

For future reference, it helps if you post the errors that you receive.

Post your updated code.

You get the error because your braces don't match, like pointed out earlier.

Code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
char a;
printf("GENERAL QUIZ\n");
printf("\n");
printf("Who is the chairman of Microsoft Corp?\n");
printf("1 Bill Gates\n");
printf("2 Steve Jobs\n");
printf("3 Jake Taylor\n");
a=getchar();
if (a=='1') printf("Correct\n"); else printf("Wrong\n");
while (a!='z')
  {
  a=getchar();
  }
}

Also, look into indentation.

No problemo!

By the way, do you realise that your print functions are in C, not C++?

Well I'm not a C programmer, so I can't tell you the difference between the two, but I can tell you how to translate between the two.

To print text to the console, use std::cout followed by the output operator <<

To acquire user input and store it into a variable, use std::cin followed by the input operator >>

I'll demonstrate:

Code:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    char a;
    std::cout << "GENERAL QUIZ\n";
    std::cout << "\n";
    std::cout << "Who is the chairman of Microsoft Corp?\n";
    std::cout << "1 Bill Gates\n";
    std::cout << "2 Steve Jobs\n";
    std::cout << "3 Jake Taylor\n";
    std::cin >> a;
    if (a == '1')
    {
        std::cout << "Correct\n";
    }
    else
    {
        std::cout << "Wrong\n";
    }
    while (a != 'z')
    {
        std::cin >> a;
    }
}

As you can see, I've removed outdated header files that aren't needed for the program, and replaced your C functions with C++ functions. The braces highlighted are my programming style although, feel free to use your own. :P