Thread: Term does not evaluate to function taking 2 arguments? Bugger.

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    Unhappy Term does not evaluate to function taking 2 arguments? Bugger.

    Working on a program for the Euclidian algorithm, and it's giving me a bit of trouble. I think I have the math and such down, but it's giving me an unusual error. I believe I know what it's trying to tell me, but I can't figure out exactly what I've done wrong for the life of me!

    Ahem. My code so far (not complete, might I add)

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    void prompt(int&, int&);
    int gcf (int, int);
    int reduce (int, int);
    
    void main()
    {
    	int num1 = 0;
    	int num2 = 0;
    	int gcf = 0;
    
    	prompt (num1, num2);
        
    	cout << "Fraction so far: " << num1 << "/" << num2 << endl;
    	
    	gcf (num1, num2);
    }
    
    void prompt(int &a, int &b)
    {
    	cout << "Enter your numerator: ";
    	cin >> a;
    	cout << "Enter your denominator: ";
    	cin >> b;
    }
    
    int gcf (int num1, int num2)
    {
      int remainder=1;
      int gcf;
    
      while (remainder!=0)
      {
      remainder=num1%num2;
      gcf=num2%remainder;
      }
    	  return gcf;
    
    }
    The 17th line:
    Code:
    gcf (num1, num2);
    is giving me trouble. As far as I know, it's correct for my purposes, but the compiler justi sn't happy with it. What have I missed?

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    > void main()
    main returns an int - see FAQ

    > int gcf (int, int);
    A function

    > int gcf = 0;
    A variable with the same name, in a nearer scope to the function name.

    Guess which one the compiler tries to "call" ?

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    try renaming the variable int gcf ..... its the same as the name of your function

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    Thumbs up

    ...D'oh! XD

    Gods. Sorry. Running on caffeine and brain fumes. Right. Gonna go change. XD

    EDIT: Oh, glorious. Now it bombs when I run it. Back to the drawing board.

    EDIT AGAIN: Allow me to rephrase that: HELP! DX

    The code, editted as per your advice:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    void prompt(int&, int&);
    int gcf (int, int);
    void reduce (int&, int&);
    
    void main()
    {
    	int num1 = 0;
    	int num2 = 0;
    
    	prompt (num1, num2);
        
    	cout << "Fraction so far: " << num1 << "/" << num2 << endl;
    
    	reduce (num1, num2);
    
    	cout << "GCF: " << gcf (num1, num2) << endl;
    
    	cout << "reduced: " << num1 << "/" << num2 << endl;
    }
    
    void prompt(int &a, int &b)
    {
    	cout << "Enter your numerator: ";
    	cin >> a;
    	cout << "Enter your denominator: ";
    	cin >> b;
    }
    
    int gcf (int num1, int num2)
    {
      int remainder=1;
      int gc;
    
      while (remainder!=0)
      {
      remainder=num1%num2;
      gc=num2%remainder;
      }
    	  return gc;
    
    }
    
    void reduce (int &n1, int &n2)
    {
    	n1 = n1/n2;
    	n2 = n2/n2;
    }
    Now, it compiles, and even runs for a bit, but it spontaneously erros and dies as soon as it tries to call the gcf function.
    Last edited by Sennet; 01-17-2006 at 12:31 PM.

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    Code:
      remainder=num1%num2;
      gc=num2%remainder;
    if remainder is 0 that will result in a division by 0 -> bombs.
    You should think about the logic of that function.
    if num1%num2 is non-zero you have a infinite loop.
    Kurt

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