Really weird int problem

[KoshiB]

Okay, I have this program that im making that's a login program. It uses classes, functions and everything, but what's giving me problems right now is a simple integer in the int main() section.

Basically, I declare an int (doesnt matter if i declare it as an int or const int...same thing happens) and set it to a value. A few lines later I tell it to cout that value...and it outputs a different value than it should.

declaration:

int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password

cout:

cout << pass;

Here's the troublesome section of code:

//Main Function
int main()
{
	//Variable declaration
	int choice, count = 0, i;	
	int idnum, pwd;
	int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password
	//pass=01103657;
	char firstname[26];
	char lastname[26];
	
	//Pointer to new data structure in class
	Students *stdnt = new Students[100];//Students not logged in
	//Students *stdnt2 = new Students[100];//Student logged in

	do//Infinite(for now) Menu Loop
	{
		//Main Menu
		system("cls");//Clear screen
		cout << "**** MCC COMPUTER LAB LOGON ****\n";
		cout << "       !!!PLEASE LOGIN!!!       \n\n";
		cout << "Please choose:\n";
		cout << "1. Login\n";
		cout << "2. Logout\n";
		cout << "3. New Student\n";
		cout << "Pleas note that you are a New Student if\n"
			<< "this is your first time here this semester!!\n\n";

		cout << pass;
		
		cin >> choice;//Enters menu choice

When I run the program, the cout gives me '296879' instead of '01103657'.

I can post the whole program if need be.

[laserlight]

#include <iostream>

int main() {
	if (010 == 8) {
		std::cout << "8 in decimal is 010 in octal\n"
		          << "01103657 in octal is 296879 in decimal\n";
	}
}

[7stud]

If you delete all the irrelevant lines, your program distills to this:

int pass = 01103657;//'secret' password
	
cout<<pass<<endl; //296879

If you eliminate the leading 0, it displays the correct value. In C++, when you write integers with a leading 0, the compiler interprets that as an octal(base 8) representation of the integer value.

You can use a C++ string type for the password instead:

#include<string>
....
string password = "01103657";

[KoshiB]

Thanks for the replys. Shortly after I posted the question, i realized the answer, lol.

Now im getting a new error with a different part of the program *sigh*

[dwks]

Post the whole code if you want to.