Thread: Help with program and number equalities (==)

Hello,

I am having trouble with some code that I am using. No matter what number I press in the following code when I run it, It always thinks that ( finoptype == 1 ):

Code:

         {
         float finoptype;
         cout<<"\nWelcome to the finace calculator group.  Currently the Math Master can calculate the total cost of a loan, or calculate the intrest money will earn in a savings account/CD in a period of time that you specify.  Please choose either the loan calculator(1) or the savings interest calculator(2): ";
         cin>> finoptype;
         cin.ignore();
         if ( finoptype = 1 ) {
              float finloantot;
              float finloaninttype;
              float finloanlength;
              cout<<"\nPlease enter the amount of money the loan will be for (Please no dollar signs): ";
              cin>> finloantot;
              cin.ignore();
              cout<<"\nPlease enter the total length in years of the loan: ";
              cin>> finloanlength;
              cin.ignore();
              cout<<"\nPlease select the loan interest rate type, either monthly(1) or yearly(2): ";
              cin>> finloaninttype;
              cin.ignore();
              if ( finloaninttype == 1 ) {
                   float finloanintrate1;
                   float finloanyerrate1;
                   float finloantottot11;
                   float finloantottot12;
                   float finloantottot13;
                   cout<<"\nPlease enter loan monthly interest rate in decimal form (if using a percentage, move the decimal point back two places from the end of the percentage): ";
                   cin>> finloanintrate1;
                   cin.ignore();
                   finloanyerrate1 = finloanintrate1 * 12;
                   finloantottot11 = finloanyerrate1 * finloantot;
                   finloantottot12 = finloantottot11 * finloanlength;
                   finloantottot13 = finloantottot12 + finloantot;
                   cout<<"\nThe total cost of your loan is: "<< finloantottot13 <<" dollars.\n";
              }
              else if ( finloaninttype == 2 ) {
                   float finloanintrate2;
                   float finloantottot21;
                   float finloantottot22;
                   float finloantottot23;
                   cout<<"\nPlease enter loan yearly interest rate in decimal form (if using a percentage, move the decimal point back two places from the end of the percentage): ";
                   cin>> finloanintrate2;
                   cin.ignore();
                   finloantottot21 = finloanintrate2 * finloantot;
                   finloantottot22 = finloantottot21 * finloanlength;
                   finloantottot23 = finloantottot22 + finloantot;
                   cout<<"\nThe total cost of your loan is: "<< finloantottot23 <<" dollars.\n";
              }
              else {
                   cout<<"That is not a valid option.  Please run the program again and enter a valid option.";
              }
         }

Any help that you can give me would be great.

Ugh, I can't believe I didn't notice that! I looked through this program countless times and I could not find it!

Thanks for being a great help to me. I appreciate your assistance.

Your finoptype variable is a float. It should be an int. Be careful when comparing floating point types. It probably won't matter if you are just using integer values, but still.
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...html#faq-29.17