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    Mmm, yeah. It's a good way to look even less like you know what you're doing... might want to get a book.


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    They actually tend to report stuff to college professors. .
    Do you speak from experience? . . .

    Code:
    while (toupper(quit[0]) != n || toupper(quit[0]) == y);
    Perhaps you meant 'y' instead of y, and 'n' instead of 'n'? Besides, that logic is messed up.
    Code:
    while the letter is not n or the letter is y
    The second test is redundant . . .

    You're still including conio.h, which is non-standard.

    [edit]
    Code:
    cout << "It will take you" << numpayment_period << "months to pay of your mortgage." <<endl;
    The output tends to be prettier if you print spaces around numbers. As written, the user will see something like
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    It will take you12months to pay of your mortgage.
    Also, the red of should be off.

    Code:
            cout << "Enter Y to continue, N to quit>";
            cin >> quit;
    
    	return 0;
    }
    Looks to me like you can enter anything and the program will still quit . . . [/edit]
    Last edited by dwks; 10-03-2007 at 01:34 PM.
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    Comparing lower-case letters to the result of toupper is almost certain to always be false, since toupper converts the letter to upper-case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matsp View Post
    Comparing lower-case letters to the result of toupper is almost certain to always be false, since toupper converts the letter to upper-case.

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    lol..... nice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom View Post
    Mmm, yeah. It's a good way to look even less like you know what you're doing... might want to get a book.


    Keep in mind, I'm in work waiting on reports, so this is my mean time. I'm much more friendly in my home hours.
    lol.
    And yes mat,toupper indeed does do that..I looked it up in my reference. Goddamn,I've forgotten all my basics...

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