no returning

Hi mates. I'm new at programming, I've tried to make a program that return 1 if a situation is true otherwise 0, but quitting the function "encaixa", the returning to the main fuction is garbage. I have no clue what's wrong...Below my code:

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

int encaixa(int x, int y);

int main()
{
        int a, b, ma, me;

        do
        {

                printf("Entre com um inteiro positivo: \n");       
                scanf("%d", &a);

                if(a < 0)
                        printf("O número deve ser positivo\n");
        }while(a < 0);

        do
        {
                printf("Entre com outro inteiro positivo: \n");
                scanf("%d", &b);

                if(b < 0)
                        printf("O número deve ser positivo\n");
        }while(b < 0);

       

        if(a >= b){
                ma = a;
                me = b;
        }
        else{
                ma = b;
                me = a;
        }

        printf("%d\n", encaixa(ma, me));       
        return 0;
}
       
        int encaixa(int x, int y)
        {

                if(x == y)
                        return 1;

                else if(x % 10 == y % 10)
                        encaixa(x / 10, y / 10);
               
                else if(y == 0){
                        printf("%d\n", y);
                        return 1;
                       
                }
                else{
                        printf("%d\n", y);
                        return 0;
                       
                }
        }

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Thanks in advance

So if x%10==y%10 what do you return? Nothing at all.

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Originally Posted by tabstop

So if x%10==y%10 what do you return? Nothing at all.

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I was calling the function again for recursion, the returning is made after all the possible calls, in fact I'm not good at recursion, could you help me to fix it?

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Originally Posted by Oliveira88

I was calling the function again for recursion, the returning is made after all the possible calls, in fact I'm not good at recursion, could you help me to fix it?

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I don't deny that you called the function again. You calculate a value, now you must do something with it. Presumably you want to return the value. After all consider a function that did this:

Code:

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int bob(int x) {
    x + 1;
}

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That's what you've got: you've calculated the value. Now you need to send that value back where it belongs.

Thanks for trying help, but I think I need to study more about recursion and returning, I've fixed my program using a pointer and an auxiliary variable. See below:

Code:

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#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

void encaixa(int x, int y, int *p);

int main()
{
        int a, b, ma, me, aux = 0, *p;

        p = &aux;

        do
        {

                printf("Entre com um inteiro positivo: \n");       
                scanf("%d", &a);

                if(a < 0)
                        printf("O número deve ser positivo\n");
        }while(a < 0);

        do
        {
                printf("Entre com outro inteiro positivo: \n");
                scanf("%d", &b);

                if(b < 0)
                        printf("O número deve ser positivo\n");
        }while(b < 0);

       

        if(a >= b){
                ma = a;
                me = b;
        }
        else{
                ma = b;
                me = a;
        }

        encaixa(ma, me, p);

        printf("%d\n", aux);

        return 0;
}
       
        void encaixa(int x, int y, int *sig)
        {

                if(x == y)
                        *sig = 1;

                else if(x % 10 == y % 10)
                        encaixa(x / 10, y / 10, sig);
               
                else if(y == 0)
                        *sig = 1;
       
                else
                        *sig = 0;
                       
        }

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That seems overkill, compared to adding the word "return" in the one place you missed it out.

Yep, you could just do -

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else if(x % 10 == y % 10)
return encaixa(x / 10, y / 10);

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Originally Posted by Spidey

Yep, you could just do -

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:P thanks

ahhh now I get this! I was using an int fuction as a void function, as int I need to use the "return" at the calling!

Sorry, newbie mind mode slow :)