Thread: quite newbish program not working

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    quite newbish program not working

    someone please help, ive only been programming for a few days and saw something similar in a tutorial i read and thought id try it but it wont out put anything

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
        int monthlyexpenses = 300 + 200 + 75;
        int monthlyincome = 1000;
        float monthlyinterest = .02;
        float total = 0;
        float x = total;
        float interestearned = 0;
        for (x = 1; x <= 12;)
            interestearned = monthlyincome * monthlyinterest;
            total = total + interestearned + monthlyincome - monthlyexpenses; {
                  cout<< total <<endl;
                  }
    }

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    You never change the value of x.

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    for (x = 1; x <= 12;)
    The for-loop is incomplete. make it e.g. for (x = 1; x <= 12; x++)

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    Another thing

    [QUOTE=littlelefty7]someone please help, ive only been programming for a few days and saw something similar in a tutorial i read and thought id try it but it wont out put anything

    Code:
        float x = total;
        for (x = 1; x <= 12;)
    Why set X to total when on almost the very next line you set it to 1? Also, I'm assuming x is the number of months (because of 1 to 12 loop) so it doesn't make much sense to set the month number to a dollar value. Also, x is a floating point and you should be using an int type for a loop counter.

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    get rid of.
    float x = total;

    do this
    Code:
    for(int i=0; i<12; ++i) {
    ...
    }
    this will give you your 12 loops..

    if that example you posted is the style of the tutorial, then find new tutorials..

    there are plenty of tuts on this site..

    <unrelated> wow! forcing to use code tags now.. Excellent!

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    thanks for all the help like ive said ive only been programming for a few days and i dont quite konw what im doing yet. the entire program wasnt on the tutorial just part of it and i tried to make the rest. thanks for the help, by the way i got it to work.
    Last edited by littlelefty7; 02-18-2006 at 12:15 PM.

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