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I'm trying to make a program that you enter the amount something costs and the amount of money you used to pay with, and the program tells you your change in how many 20's 10's 5's 1's quarters and so on, that you would get back. The one problem I'm having is figuring out how to make my double into an int and split the dollars and change up. Any one have any guidence for me? Any help would be appreciated.
If you had to give back $14.78 in change, how many cents is that? How do you know?
to convert double to int you can cast like this:
if you want to get only the fraction (continuing last example)Code:int integer;
double number=5.26;
integer = (int)number;
to split change, let's say your number of coins is NCode:double number=5.26;
number = number - integer;
first divide it by 20 save the result which is the amount of 20 coins you need
then do N-20*result and divide the answer by 10, this will give you the amount of 10 coins
you need, and etc...
you would give back 1 ten, 4 ones , 3 quarters , and 3 pennies. I don't know how to go about that though.
US currency has a nice property in that if you two items X, Y such that X < Z and Y < Z then X + Y <= Z. What this really means is that if you go from the largest denomination to the smallest and give that denomination as much as possible then you've given that amount in as few bills/coins as possible.
So using tabstop's amount and going from $20 to $0.01. Initialize all counts to 0.
Amount Left: $14.78
$20 > $14.78 - Stop $20
$10 < $14.78 - Increase counter by 1. Subtract $10. Left with $4.78
$10 > $4.78 - Stop $20
$5 > $4.78 - Stop $5
$1 < $4.78 - Increase counter by 1. Subtract $1. Left with $3.78
$1 < $3.78 - Increase counter by 1. Subtract $1. Left with $2.78
$1 < $2.78 - Increase counter by 1. Subtract $1. Left with $1.78
$1 < $1.78 - Increase counter by 1. Subtract $1. Left with $0.78
$1 > $0.78 - Stop $1
And continue until done.
thnx thantos that's what I was looking for .
so i wrote up the program but for some reason, its not working and i cant see whats wrong. can any figure it out?
Code:#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
void display_purpose(void);
double change_breakdown(double change);
int main()
{
// q = Quarters, n = Nickels, d = Dimes, p = Pennies.
double purchase, payment, dollar_20, dollar_10, dollar_5, dollar_1, q, d, n, p, change, change2;
display_purpose();
printf("Enter the price of the puchase: ");
scanf("%lf" , & purchase);
printf("Enter amount of payment: ");
scanf("%lf" , & payment);
change = payment - purchase;
change2 = change;
change_breakdown(change);
printf("Your change is: $%.2lf \n %.lf - 20('s)\n %.lf - 10('s)\n %.lf - 5('s)\n %.lf - 1('s)\n %.lf - quarter(s)\n %.lf - dime(s)\n %.lf - nickels(s)\n %.lf - penny(s)\n ", change2, dollar_20, dollar_10, dollar_5, dollar_1, q, d, n, p);
return 0;
}
void display_purpose(void)
{
printf("The purpose of this program is to calculate and display change based on purchase price.\n\n");
}
double change_breakdown(double change)
{
double dollar_20, dollar_10, dollar_5, dollar_1, q, d, n, p;
if(20.00 < change)
{
dollar_20++;
change - 20.00;
}
if(10.00 < change)
{
dollar_10++;
change - 10.00;
}
if(5.00 < change)
{
dollar_5++;
change - 5.00;
}
if(1.00 < change)
{
dollar_1++;
change - 1.00;
}
if(00.25 < change)
{
q++;
change - 00.25;
}
if(00.10 < change)
{
d++;
change - 00.10;
}
if(00.05 < change)
{
n++;
change - 00.05;
}
if(00.01 < change)
{
p++;
change - 00.01;
}
return dollar_20, dollar_10, dollar_5, dollar_1, q, d, n, p;
}
You can only return one number from a function.
You need to initialize double dollar_20, dollar_10, dollar_5, dollar_1, q, d, n, p to zero before adding things to them.
What happens when an amount has multiple 5$ bills in it, or multiple any sized coins or bills? You only subtract one at most.
so how would i return multiple values then?
well i tried to make it return one value but now i get an imcompatible return type error.Quote:
Originally Posted by tabstop
Code:#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
void display_purpose(void);
double change_breakdown(double change);
int main()
{
// q = Quarters, n = Nickels, d = Dimes, p = Pennies.
double purchase, payment, dollar[8], change, change2;
display_purpose();
printf("Enter the price of the puchase: ");
scanf("%lf" , & purchase);
printf("Enter amount of payment: ");
scanf("%lf" , & payment);
change = payment - purchase;
change2 = change;
change_breakdown(change);
printf("Your change is: $%.2lf \n %.lf - 20('s)\n %.lf - 10('s)\n %.lf - 5('s)\n %.lf - 1('s)\n %.lf - quarter(s)\n %.lf - dime(s)\n %.lf - nickels(s)\n %.lf - penny(s)\n ", change2, dollar[1], dollar[2], dollar[3], dollar[4], dollar[5], dollar[6], dollar[7], dollar[8]);
return 0;
}
void display_purpose(void)
{
printf("The purpose of this program is to calculate and display change based on purchase price.\n\n");
}
double change_breakdown(double change)
{
// $20 = dollar[1] / $10 = dollar[2] / $5 = dollar[3] / $1 = dollar[4] / $.25 = dollar[5] / $.10 = dollar[6] / $.05 = dollar[7] / $.01 = dollar[8]
double dollar[8];
if(20.00 < change)
{
dollar[1]++;
change - 20.00;
}
if(10.00 < change)
{
dollar[2]++;
change - 10.00;
}
if(5.00 < change)
{
dollar[3]++;
change - 5.00;
}
if(1.00 < change)
{
dollar[4]++;
change - 1.00;
}
if(00.25 < change)
{
dollar[5]++;
change - 00.25;
}
if(00.10 < change)
{
dollar[6]++;
change - 00.10;
}
if(00.05 < change)
{
dollar[7]++;
change - 00.05;
}
if(00.01 < change)
{
dollar[8]++;
change - 00.01;
}
return dollar[8];
}
Declaring an eight-element array means you can use dollar[0] through dollar[7]. You don't get an incompatible type warning by returning dollar[8], it's just that dollar[8] doesn't exist. (Oh and by the way you can't return an array from a function either.)
I got the code working and everything is correct except, the pennies are off by 1 or 2 occasionally idk why.
Code:#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
void display_purpose(void);
double change_breakdown(double change , double dollar[8]);
int main()
{
// P = Purchase / T = Payment
double P, T, change, change2, dollar[8];
int again;
for( ; ; )
{
display_purpose();
printf("Enter the price of the puchase:$ ");
scanf("%lf" , & P);
printf("Enter amount of payment:$ ");
scanf("%lf" , & T);
change = T - P;
change2 = change;
change_breakdown(change , dollar);
printf("Your change is: $%.2lf \n %.lf - 20('s)\n %.lf - 10('s)\n %.lf - 5('s)\n %.lf - 1('s)\n %.lf - quarter(s)\n %.lf - dime(s)\n %.lf - nickels(s)\n %.lf - penny(s)\n ", change2, dollar[0], dollar[1], dollar[2], dollar[3], dollar[4], dollar[5], dollar[6], dollar[7]);
printf("\n\nEnter a 0 to end, or a 1 to repeat.");
scanf("%d" , &again);
if ( !again ) break;
}
return 0;
}
void display_purpose(void)
{
printf("\n\nThe purpose of this program is to calculate and display change based on purchase price.\n\n");
}
double change_breakdown(double change , double dollar[8])
{
/*$20 = dollar[0] / $10 = dollar[1] / $5 = dollar[2] / $1 = dollar[3] / $.25 = dollar[4] / $.10 = dollar[5] / $.05 = dollar[6] / $.01 = dollar[7] */
for(20.00 <= change, dollar[0] = 0 ; 20.00 <= change ; dollar[0]++ )
{
change -= 20.00;
}
for(10.00 <= change, dollar[1] = 0 ; 10.00 <= change ; dollar[1]++ )
{
change -= 10.00;
}
for(5.00 <= change, dollar[2] = 0 ; 5.00 <= change ; dollar[2]++ )
{
change -= 5.00;
}
for(1.00 <= change, dollar[3] = 0 ; 1.00 <= change ; dollar[3]++ )
{
change -= 1.00;
}
for(0.25 <= change, dollar[4] = 0 ; 0.25 <= change ; dollar[4]++ )
{
change -= 0.25;
}
for(0.10 <= change, dollar[5] = 0 ; 0.10 <= change ; dollar[5]++ )
{
change -= 0.10;
}
for(0.05 <= change, dollar[6] = 0 ; 0.05 <= change ; dollar[6]++ )
{
change -= 0.05;
}
for(0.01 <= change, dollar[7] = 0 ; 0.01 <= change ; dollar[7]++ )
{
change -= 0.01;
}
return 0;
}