trouble with functions

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int ask(void);
int receive(int);
float calculate(int, int);

int main()
{
        int ne;
        int na;
        float calc;

        ne = ask();

        na = receive(ne);

        calc = calculate(ne, na);

        ask();
        receive();

        cout << "The average number of days absent is  " << calc << endl;

        return 0;


}

int ask(void)

{       
        int number_of_employees;

        cout << "Enter the number of employees in the company." << endl;
        cin >> number_of_employees;
       
        if(number_of_employees < 1)
        {
                cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
                cin >> number_of_employees;
        }

        return 0;
       

}

int receive(int number_of_employees)

{
        int sum = 0;
        int days_absent;

        cout << "Enter the number of absences for each employee" << endl;
       
        for (int i= 0; i < number_of_employees; i++)
        {
                cin >> days_absent;

                if(days_absent < 0)
               
                        cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
               
                else
                        sum += days_absent;
               
        }

        return sum;

}

float calculate(int number_of_employees, int number_of_absences)

{
        return (float) number_of_absences/number_of_employees;
}

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The receive function is giving me problems. I'm trying to get it to accept the number of employees as it's parameter.

Why does ask() always return 0 ? :confused:

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Originally posted by Hammer
Why does ask() always return 0 ? :confused:

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It returns 0 because...uh...

Maybe I should quit programming and become a farmer...

:p

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Originally posted by volk

Maybe I should quit programming and become a farmer...

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I'm very new to c++ as well...this is my first semester, and my advice is not to give up. Just put some time into it, just like anyother class. But if this is something you want to do for life, you should, preferably, put more time into it.

Try making usefull programs that you could use in your math courses, or something else like simple text games. There are MANY posibilities even with the amount of knowledge you have so far. Later it just get easier and the code becomes shorter...
couple weeks into my C++ class I made Nine Men's Morris game, without using arrays, everything worked but it was close to 1500 lines! later When I learned about arrays, I shortened it to about 700 lines!!!!

But it also could be that programming is not for you, and it is better to know that sooner than later,

cheers,

axon

P.S.
If you do decide to stick with it I recommend this book: "Accelerated C++" by Moo and Koenig

return number_of_employes; in your ask function

ask fxn should return number_of_employees as previously mentioned.

Code:

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    ask();
receive();

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why do this in main? it is a fxn that returns a value, but it is not being stored into anything. the answer is being thrown away. also, what is the purpose of it being there? it is unnecessary.

ask() should return 0 loke this:
<code>

if(number_of<1)
{cout<<"Invalid input"; return 0;}
return num_of;
</code>

:) Don't go farmering, pick something easier: beer/coffee and TV like me:)

I tried fixing my code by doing this, but it's requesting the same input even after it was received.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int ask(void);
int receive(int);
float calculate(int, int);

int main()
{
        int ne;
        int na;
        float calc;

        ne = ask();

        na = receive(ne);

        calc = calculate(ne, na);

        ask();
        receive(ne);

        cout << "The average number of days absent is  " << calc << endl;

        return 0;


}

int ask(void)

{       
        int number_of_employees;

        cout << "Enter the number of employees in the company." << endl;
        cin >> number_of_employees;
       
        if(number_of_employees < 1)
        {
                cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
                cin >> number_of_employees;
        }

        return number_of_employees;
       

}

int receive(int number_of_employees)

{
        int sum = 0;
        int days_absent;

        cout << "Enter the number of absences for each employee" << endl;
       
        for (int i= 0; i < number_of_employees; i++)
        {
                cin >> days_absent;

                if(days_absent < 0)
               
                        cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
               
                else
                        sum += days_absent;
               
        }

        return sum;

}

float calculate(int number_of_employees, int number_of_absences)

{
        return (float) number_of_absences/number_of_employees;
}

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here, try this:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int ask(void);
int receive(int);
float calculate(int, int);

int main()
{
        int ne;
        int na;
        float calc;
       
        ne = ask();
        na = receive(ne);
        calc = calculate(ne, na);
       
        //do not need to call functions again here.
       
        cout << "The average number of days absent is  " << calc << endl;
       
        return 0;
}
int ask(void)
{
        int number_of_employees;
       
        cout << "Enter the number of employees in the company." << endl;
        cin >> number_of_employees;
       
        if(number_of_employees < 1)
        {
                cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
                cin >> number_of_employees;
        }
       
        return number_of_employees;
}
int receive(int number_of_employees)
{
        int sum = 0;
        int days_absent;
       
        cout << "Enter the number of absences for each employee" << endl;
       
        for (int i= 0; i < number_of_employees; i++)
        {
                cin >> days_absent;
       
                if(days_absent < 0)
                        cout << "Invalid input" << endl;
                else
                        sum += days_absent;
                }
       
        return sum;
}
float calculate(int number_of_employees, int number_of_absences)
{
        return (float) number_of_absences/number_of_employees;
}

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Thank you, alpha.