Loop that wont keep going!

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
int main()

{

float ag;
float mt;
int redo_calc;

do{

redo_calc=1;

cout<<"Enter the amount of gas used:"
<<endl;

cin>>ag;//ag=amount of gas

cout<<"Gallons of gasoline is: "<<ag
<<endl;

cout<<"Enter miles traveled:"
<<endl;

cin>>mt;//mt=miles traveled

cout<<"Miles traveled is: "<<mt
<<endl;

cout<<"________________"
<<endl;


cout<<"Miles Per Gallon is: "<<ag/mt
<<endl;

cout<<"Enter 1 to do another calculation, or 0 to stop program"
<<endl;

cin>>redo_calc;
break;
}while (redo_calc>0);

        return 0;
}

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my problem is that i want it to be so that when you insert anything but 1 the process is terminated, but if you insert 1 it keeps going!
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when i press 1 it still stops!

1. Indent your code.
2. You break the loop before it can continue.

i do indent my code, usually but am new to this and have a very good beginner's compiler, codewarrior pro 4, gives a lot of slack in the area of indenting, but need to know how to fix that code

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i do indent my code, usually but am new to this and have a very good beginner's compiler, codewarrior pro 4, gives a lot of slack in the area of indenting, but need to know how to fix that code

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It was just some advice.
For your code, I said it, you break the loop before it can continue.

i'm sorry but what do you mean break before continue, my code will not continue no mattwer where i put that break!, do i need another variable or what, how can i fix this code, i am new and in need of help

Well since this loop isn't a loop that goes on forever just get rid of the break. What you are saying with that break there is that after the user has typed 1 or 0 it will break no matter what. or if you want to have a break you need to set up a condition ( using if or switch) but since you have a condition for the loop already another condition would be useless.

remove the break from the program entirely
also your out put says enter 1 to continue where any non 0 input will cause the loop to continue you may want to change the output to reflect this.

opps lol someone beat me to it

thank you very much, the code werks now!
thanks for not treating me like an idiot!
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use a test condition like

Code:

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while(redo_calc!=0)

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my code will not continue no mattwer where i put that break!

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What you are saying with that break there is that after the user has typed 1 or 0 it will break no matter what. or if you want to have a break you need to set up a condition ( using if or switch) but since you have a condition for the loop already another condition would be useless.

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:rolleyes: "Break: Break is what you use to break. For more information, see break."

In other words, "break;" means "Quit this loop right now". It comes in handy sometimes, but if you just put a "break" without an "if(condition)", you might as well just not use a loop ;)