Thread: Problems with code

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    Problems with code

    Here the snippet:
    Code:
    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    
    char ch; //Holds current input for evaluation.
    int a; //Holds number of chain starts.
    int b ; //Holds number of chain ends.
    int sum ; //Sum of chains.
    
    void main()
    {     
          a = 0;
          b = 0;
          sum = 0;
          While(ch != '.')
          {
                   ch = getch();
                   if (ch == 'a')
                      a++;
                   if (ch == 'b')
                      b++;
                   if (ch == 'a' && b > 0)
                   {
                      sum = sum + (a*b);
                      b = 0;
                   }
                   if (ch == '.' && ch == 'c')
                   {  
                      sum = sum + (a*b);
                      a = 0;
                      b = 0;
                   }
                   cout << "\n << sum;
          }
          system("PAUSE");
    }
    As you can see, the program looks through a string as it is being typed and output the number sub-series in the string that start with 'a' end with 'b' and have no 'c' in the middle. So the string "dsacbsabxbxxa" would return 2 (for "ab" and "abxb").
    This code won't compile in Dev-C++ with multiplile errors.
    What's the problem?

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    Saw a typo - while shouldn't be capitalized....

    What errors are you getting?

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    your while loop should not be capitalized.
    and you're missing a " after the \n in your last cout statement to start with.

    --system() calls are not always the best way to either.

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    Fixed the while capitalization thingy, thanks.
    I get only one error now (instead of seven): "implicit decleration of function "int getchar()".

    Whatever that means. I added cout only in this post, actually , isn't in yet.

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    Thanks! It compiles now. It still doesn't work though. And I had some glaringly obvious bugs in the first version. But I've only been coding for a couple of months and that only in school...
    Please stick around, if I won't be able to figure this out I may need your help. BTW, latest version of code is:
    EDIT: That code was still awfuly buggy. Here's the final algorithm. Still could use some tweaking, I know, but it works. I'm so full of myself it's sad.
    Code:
    /*Final version with a (finally) working algorithm*/
    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio_mingw.h>
    
    char ch; //Holds current input for evaluation.
    int a; //Holds number of chain starts.
    int b ; //Holds number of chain ends.
    int sum ; //Sum of chains.
    
    void main()
    {     
          a = 0;
          b = 0;
          sum = 0;
          while(ch != '.')
          {
                   ch = getch();
                   if (ch == 'a' && b > 0 && a > 0)
                   {
                      sum += (a*b);
                      b = 0;
                   }
                   else if (ch == 'a')
                      a++;
                   else if (ch == 'b' && a > 0)
                      b++;
                   
                   else if (ch == '.' || ch == 'c')
                   {  
                      sum += (a*b);
                      a = 0;
                      b = 0;
                   }
                   putch(ch);
                   cout << sum; //Used for debugging.
           
          }
          cout << "\n" << sum;
          getch();
    }
    Last edited by dasher; 01-23-2002 at 12:00 PM.

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    > I'm so full of myself it's sad.



    One last thing - in the future - remember that main returns an int...

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