Thread: Need assistance--plz!

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    Need assistance--plz!

    I'm working on a calculator program. It is suppose to accumulate the operations performed. Acceptable characters are +, -, *, %, /, =, and !

    Where I run into problems is printing the results when the characters input are = or !.

    The following is my code (less the statement for = & ! (I keep getting an endless loop).

    I'm still learning, so bear with me for any mistakes within the code.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

    Code:
    #include <iostream.h>
    int   result;    // the result of the calculations 
    char  oper_char; // the user-specified operator 
    int   value;     // value specified after the operator 
    main()
    {
        result = 0; // initialize the result 
     
        // loop forever (or until break reached)
        while (1) {
            cout << "Result: " << result << '\n';
            cout << "Enter operator and number: ";
     
            cin >> oper_char;
     
            if (oper_char == '!')
                break;
     
            cin >> value;
            if (oper_char == '+') {
                result += value;
            } else if (oper_char == '-') {
                result -= value;
            } else if (oper_char == '*') {
                result *= value;
    		} else if (oper_char == '%') {
    			result %= value;
            } else if (oper_char == '/') {
                if (value == 0) {
                    cout << "Error: Divide by zero\n";
                    cout << "   operation ignored\n";
                } else
                    result /= value;
            } else {
                cout << "Unknown operator " << oper_char << '\n';
            }
        }
        return (0);
    }

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    make

    while (1) {


    while(oper_char != '!') {

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