My credit limit program doesn't produce the desired output

Hello,

I have a new program which I am working on and I need some guidance with it. This program has to determine whether a department-store customer has exceeded the credit limit on a charge account.
I am instructed to use a while loop to input each of the facts, calculate the new balance using this equation - balance = beginning balance + charges - credit, and determine wheter the new balance exceeds the customer's credit limit.
This is what the output should look like -

Enter account number ( -1 to end ): 100
Enter the beginning balance: 5394.78
Enter total charges: 1000.00
Enter total credits: 500.00
Enter credit limit: 5500.00
Account: 100
Credit Limit: 5500.00
Balance: 5894.78
Credit Limit Exceeded

Enter account number ( -1 to end ): 200
Enter the beginning balance: 1000.00
Enter total charges: 123.45
Enter total credits: 100.00
Enter credit limit: 1500.00

Enter account number ( -1 to end): -1

This is what my code lookslike so far -

Code:

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#include<iostream>
#include<conio>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  int      accountNumber;
  double  beginningBalance;
  double  totalCharges;
  double  totalCredits;
  double  creditLimit;
  double  balance;

  balance = beginningBalance + totalCharges - totalCredits;

  cout << setprecision( 6 ) << fixed;

  while( accountNumber != -1 ) {
      cout << "Enter account Number: " << endl;
      cin >> accountNumber;
      cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
      cin >> beginningBalance;
      cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCharges;
      cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCredits;
      cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
      cin >> creditLimit;

        if ( balance >= creditLimit ) {
            cout << "Account: " << accountNumber << endl;
            cout << "Credit limit: " << creditLimit << endl;
            cout << "Balance: " << balance << endl;
            cout << "Credit Limit Exceeded" << endl;
        }

        else
            cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
            cin >> beginningBalance;
            cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCharges;
            cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCredits;
            cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
            cin >> creditLimit;

  }

  getch();
  return 0;
}

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This doesn't produce any results, it just keeps asking me to enter a beginning balance, eventhough I have exceeded the credit limit.
I thought didn't need to write a termination phase because there is no overall total to calculate.
I have initialised the balance algorithm, but it might not be in the correct place? but I assume the if statement is written corretly?

You are missing the curly braces around the block of code after the else:

Code:

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        else {
            cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
            cin >> beginningBalance;
            cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCharges;
            cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCredits;
            cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
            cin >> creditLimit;
        }

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Quote:

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Originally posted by Guti14

Code:

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#include<iostream>
#include<conio>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  int      accountNumber;
  double  beginningBalance;
  double  totalCharges;
  double  totalCredits;
  double  creditLimit;
  double  balance;

What is the value of beginningBalance, totalCharges, and totalCredits
at this point of the program? Is this the best place for the calculation?
  balance = beginningBalance + totalCharges - totalCredits;

  cout << setprecision( 6 ) << fixed;

  while( accountNumber != -1 ) {
      cout << "Enter account Number: " << endl;
      cin >> accountNumber;
      cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
      cin >> beginningBalance;
      cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCharges;
      cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCredits;
      cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
      cin >> creditLimit;

What is the value of balance at this point in the code?
You just did a bunch of inputs -- what do you plan on doing with
the information?

        if ( balance >= creditLimit ) {
            cout << "Account: " << accountNumber << endl;
            cout << "Credit limit: " << creditLimit << endl;
            cout << "Balance: " << balance << endl;
            cout << "Credit Limit Exceeded" << endl;
        }

        else
            cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
            cin >> beginningBalance;
            cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCharges;
            cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
            cin >> totalCredits;
            cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
            cin >> creditLimit;

  }

  getch();
  return 0;
}

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Ok, Iv'e had another crack at it, but to no avail. Maybe I don't know where to put the right calculations and what I need to do with the input

Code:

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#include<iostream>
#include<conio>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  int      accountNumber;
  double  beginningBalance;
  double  totalCharges;
  double  totalCredits;
  double  creditLimit;
  double  x = 0;
  double  y = 0;
  double  balance;

  cout << setprecision( 6 ) << fixed;

  while( accountNumber != -1 ) {
      cout << "Enter account Number: " << endl;
      cin >> accountNumber;

      if( accountNumber != -1) {
      cout << "Enter beginning balance: " << endl;
      cin >> beginningBalance;
      cout << "Enter total charges: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCharges;
      cout << "Enter total credit: " << endl;
      cin >> totalCredits;
      cout << "Enter credit limit: " << endl;
      cin >> creditLimit;

      x = beginningBalance + totalCharges;
      y = x - totalCredits;
      balance = y;

      if ( balance > creditLimit ) {
            cout << "Account: " << accountNumber << endl;
            cout << "Credit limit: " << creditLimit << endl;
            cout << "Balance: " << balance << endl;
            cout << "Credit Limit Exceeded" << endl;
        }
      }
  }
  getch();
  return 0;
}

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