Thread: Question on While Loop

Pretty new to programming. It runs but it doesn't display the error message: Please enter a positive number. Any suggestions? This is just the fragment that won't go.

Code:

do
{
    cout <<"The estimated miles driven per year?" << endl;
    cin >> miles_per_year;
}
while ( ! ( miles_per_year > 0))
{
    cout <<"Please enter a positive number." <<endl;
}

You do not have the correct syntax for a "do-while" loop. There should only be one body for this loop; the "do" preceding the body, and the "while" after. Here is a link with a further description.

One way you might implement this loop is as follows:

Code:

do
{
    // prompt
    // receive input
    if(input_not_valid)
        // print error message
} while(input_not_valid);

thanks !