exponential numbers

Hi, i am trying to write a program that produces an out put that looks like the fallowing, using "printf()" and "scanf()"

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X                    X^2                  X^3
2.0e+000      4.00e+000      8.00e+000
3.0e+000      9.00e+000      2.70e+001
4.0e+000      1.60e+001      6.40e+001
5.0e+000      2.50e+001      1.25e+002
6.0e+000      3.60e+001      2.16e+002
7.0e+000      4.90e+001      3.43e+002
8.0e+000      6.40e+001      5.12e+002
9.0e+000      8.10e+001      7.29e+002

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but the output that i am getting is nothing like it...

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X                                X^2                                X^3
2.121996e-314          4.940656e-324              1.#QNAN0e+000
8.487983e-314          3.952525e-323              1.#QNAN0e+000
1.909796e-313          1.333977e-322              1.#QNAN0e+000
3.395193e-313          3.162020e-322              1.#QNAN0e+000
5.304989e-313          6.175821e-322              1.#QNAN0e+000
7.639185e-313          1.067182e-321              1.#QNAN0e+000
1.039778e-312          1.694645e-321              1.#QNAN0e+000
1.358077e-312          2.529616e-321              1.#QNAN0e+000
1.718817e-312          3.601739e-321              1.#QNAN0e+000

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my best guess is that the data i am trying to produce are exponential numbers (& the second column is the first one squared, and the third column is cubed) so i used the fallowing code... but i cant understand why it isn't working... please help :(

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#include "stdafx.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) {
  // Declare varaibles
        float tbStart, tbEnd;
       
  // Prompt for input
        // First Number
        printf("Please enter the first number for the table: ");
        scanf("%e", &tbStart);
       
        // Last Number
        printf("Please enter the last number for the table: ");
        scanf("%e", &tbEnd);
       
  // print table header
        printf("---------------------------------------------------------\n");
        printf("Table of infomation\n\n");
        printf("---------------------------------------------------------\n");
       
  // print table information
        printf("X                      X^2                    X^3\n");
        for (int i=tbStart; i<=tbEnd; i++) {
                int sqr = i*i; int cub = i*i*i;
                printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",i,sqr,cub);
        }
       
  // print table footer
        printf("---------------------------------------------------------\n");
        scanf("%f",&tbEnd);
  // end of program
        return 0;
}

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> int sqr = i*i; int cub = i*i*i;
> printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",i,sqr,cub);
If you're going to print them out as floating point numbers, you might as well declare them as such (ie double).

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                double sqr = i*i; double cub = i*i*i;
                printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",(double) i,sqr,cub);

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And depending on how big i gets, you may need to cast i in the calculations.

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                double sqr = static_cast<double>(i)*i; double cub = static_cast<double>(i)*i*i;
                printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",(double) i,sqr,cub);

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Originally Posted by swoopy

> int sqr = i*i; int cub = i*i*i;
> printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",i,sqr,cub);
If you're going to print them out as floating point numbers, you might as well declare them as such (ie double).

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                double sqr = i*i; double cub = i*i*i;
                printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",(double) i,sqr,cub);

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And depending on how big i gets, you may need to cast i in the calculations.

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                double sqr = static_cast<double>(i)*i; double cub = static_cast<double>(i)*i*i;
                printf("%e\t\t%e\t\t%e\n",(double) i,sqr,cub);

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Thanks alot for that, that works... but im not to sure what you are doing with the

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static_cast<double>

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Originally Posted by Loic

but im not to sure what you are doing with the

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static_cast<double>

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It casts (converts) i to a double, equivalent to:

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(double) i

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If i gets big enough, for example say i = 1500, then your cubed results will overflow without the cast.

ah cool, i get ya... thanks :)