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I'm trying to figure out a homework assignment in C. I'm supposed to have the user enter integers until they enter a negative number. At that point the program needs to stop inputting and proceed to output the sum, number of tries before a negative number is entered, and the mean.
I can't seem to find any errors in my code (although I'm sure there is), but when I try to compile I get multiple errors on my output printf statements that say both expected ';' before ')' token and expected statement before ')' token. I must be blind. Please enlighten me.
Here's all my code thus far:
int main(void)
{
int i=0,sum=0,tries=0;
int mean=sum/tries;
do
{
printf("Please enter a number %i. When finished, enter "
"a negative number. \n",i);
scanf("%i",&i);
sum+=i;
tries++;
}
while(i>=-1);
if((sum<=0) && (i<=-1))
{
printf("No valid numbers were entered. Try again. ");
}
else
{
printf("Sum is %i\n"),sum);
printf("%i tries \n"),tries);
printf("Mean is %i \n"),mean);
}
return 0;
}

You have too many parentheses
printf("Sum is %i\n"),sum);
printf("%i tries \n"),tries);
printf("Mean is %i \n"),mean);
Should be
printf("Sum is %i\n",sum);
printf("%i tries \n",tries);
printf("Mean is %i \n",mean);
Full code:
int main(void)
{
int i=0,sum=0,tries=0;
int mean=sum/tries;
do
{
printf("Please enter a number %i. When finished, enter "
"a negative number. \n",i);
scanf("%i",&i);
sum+=i;
tries++;
}
while(i>=-1);
if((sum<=0) && (i<=-1))
{
printf("No valid numbers were entered. Try again. ");
}
else
{
printf("Sum is %i\n",sum);
printf("%i tries \n",tries);
printf("Mean is %i \n",mean);
}
return 0;
}

You forgot the include line (#include <stdio.h>).
And miss type close parenthesis in the print lines, should be printf("Sum is %i\n", sum); and not printf("Sum is %i\n"),sum); should also give some error similar to the posted.
This would be the fixed code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
int i = 0, sum = 0, tries = 0;
int mean = sum / tries;
do {
printf("Please enter a number %i. When finished, enter "
"a negative number. \n",
i);
scanf("%i", &i);
sum += i;
tries++;
} while (i >= -1);
if ((sum <= 0) && (i <= -1)) {
printf("No valid numbers were entered. Try again. ");
} else {
printf("Sum is %i\n", sum);
printf("%i tries \n", tries);
printf("Mean is %i \n", mean);
}
return 0;
}

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//odd number generator with int k as the max number
void genap_generator(){
int k;
printf("Masukkan batas bilangan genap = ");
scanf("%i", &k);
printf("Bilangan genap dari 0 sampai %i adalah :\n");
for (int i=0; i<=k;i+=2){
printf("%i\n", i);
}
}
int main(){
genap_generator();
system("pause");
}
I made a program to generate odd numbers with int k as the max number but when i print the integer it doesnt print kprint error
in the line where you want to print k: printf("Bilangan genap dari 0 sampai %i adalah :\n");, you didnt pass k.
The line should be: printf("Bilangan genap dari 0 sampai %i adalah :\n", k);.
What the function does print right now is what is placed on the stack where k should have been.
Also, you are printing all the even numbers, if you want to print the odd numbers start from i=1.
Welcome to our community! Could you use English language in your code next time?
The problem was with printing in printf, you did not declare which variable you wanted to print. Here is the working code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//odd number generator with int k as the max number
void genap_generator()
{
int k;
printf("Enter an even number limit = ");
scanf("%i", &k);
// Had to declare, which variable to print
printf("The even numbers from 0 to %i are:\n", k);
for (int i = 0; i <= k; i += 2)
{
printf("%i\n", i);
}
}
int main()
{
genap_generator();
system("pause");
}

Counting the amount of digits in a while loop does not work [closed]

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I use the following code to count the amount of digits in a while loop, so "0" should be 1, "10" should be 2 etc. - however the code does not seem to work. Can you please help me?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
int x;
int division;
int counter=0;
printf("Enter a number : ");
scanf("%d",&x);
do
{
division=x/10;
counter++;
}
while(division!=0);
printf("This number contains : %d digits",counter);
return 0;
}
please change division=x/10; to x /= 10 and corresponding while condition. x is not changed your code, thus you get stucked in you while loop forever
This line:
division = x / 10;
Will be performed forever since the condition given in the while logic never becomes false.
If you do:
do {
x = x / 10;
counter++;
} while (x != 0);
It'll work.
Enhanced version of your code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int x;
int counter = 0;
printf("Enter a number : ");
// looping until a correct format is provided
while (scanf("%d", &x) == 0) {
printf("Incorrect values, enter again: ");
fseek(stdin, 0, SEEK_END);
}
do {
x = x / 10;
counter++;
} while (x != 0);
printf("This number contains : %d digits.", counter);
return 0;
}
The intention behind the "enhanced version" is to verify if the input is correctly given as formatted in coding (i.e. accepting an integer and nothing else) which isn't in your program.
Also, you don't need to include stdlib.h for your own code. That works without it too.
You'll then get the following sample output:
Enter a number : asdlfjal;sdk
Incorrect values, enter again: asdf sdf
Incorrect values, enter again: 33334
This number contains : 5 digits.
You are not changing the division value. This should work
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main()
{
int x;
int division;
int counter=0;
printf("Enter a number : ");
scanf("%d",&x);
do
{
x=x/10;
counter++;
}
while(x!=0);
printf("This number contains : %d digits",counter);
return 0;
}

Why is this for loop getting ignored? [closed]

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I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong but the for loop is not initializing
The code just goes immediately to displaying the printfs. That have no values in them since the for loop didn't activate
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define PAUSE system("Pause")
main() {
// INITALIZE VARIABLES
int number = 0;
int i = 0;
int odd = 0;
int even = 0;
int totalNum = 0;
int tempNum = 0;
int count;
printf("Enter a number between 2 and 25\n");
scanf("%i", &number);
do{
if (number < 2 || number > 25)
printf("That was an invalid number please try again\n");
scanf("%i", &number);
} while (number < 2 || number > 25);
printf("Enter how many numbers you want to input\n");
scanf("%i", &count);
for (i = 1; i == count; ++i){
printf("input numbers\n");
scanf("%i", &tempNum);
if (tempNum % 2 == 0)
even++;
else
odd++;
totalNum = totalNum + tempNum;
} // END FOR LOOP
// DISPLAY OUTPUT
printf("You entered %i numbers\n", count);
printf("The sum of the %i numbers is %i\n", count, totalNum);
printf("The average of the %i numbers is %i\n", count, totalNum / count);
printf("You entered %i odd numbers and %i even numbers\n", odd, even);
PAUSE;
} // END MAIN
Your loop will only execute at best once, when count == 1 as you initialize i to 1.
If you enter a 1 for count,
printf("Enter how many numbers you want to input\n");
scanf("%i", &count);
the loop will run exactly once, until i increments to 2
You probably want:
for (i = 1; i <= count; ++i){
do{
if (number < 2 || number > 25)
printf("That was an invalid number please try again\n");
scanf("%i", &number);
} while (number < 2 || number > 25);
it should be...
do{
if (number < 2 || number > 25){
printf("That was an invalid number please try again\n");
scanf("%i", &number);
}
} while (number < 2 || number > 25);
else it asks always another number
i = 1, so i == count; gives false therefore the loop is ignored.
A for loop in C works like this:
for ( variable initialization; condition; variable update ) {
/* Do something... */
}
The loop will execute for as long as condition is true. So, when you do:
for (i = 1; i == count; ++i)
The loop will execute for as long as i == count is true. So, unless count holds 1 when this line is executed, the loop will never run.
As others pointed out, you probably want this:
for (i = 1; i <= count; ++i)
So your loop will run for all values of i, until it reaches count.
As a side note i should point out that the usual way to write for loops in C is something like this:
for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
We start with i = 0 because C arrays are zero-based, so the Nth element of an array has index n-1
You were so close. In addition to fixing your loop test clause for (i = 1; i <= count; i++), I would suggest using " %d" for your format specifier. Your do loop need only be a while loop to avoid printing your invalid number message every time.
Additionally, While not an error, the standard coding style for C avoids caMelCase variables in favor of all lower-case. See e.g. NASA - C Style Guide, 1994.
With those changes, (and changing your odd/even check to a simple &) you could write your code as follows.
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
// #define PAUSE system("Pause")
int main (void)
{
int number, i, odd, even, totalnum, tempnum, count;
number = i = odd = even = totalnum = tempnum = count = 0;
printf ("enter a number between 2 and 25: ");
scanf (" %d", &number);
while (number < 2 || number > 25) {
printf ("invalid number, again (between 2 and 25): ");
scanf (" %d", &number);
}
printf ("numbers to input: ");
scanf (" %d", &count);
for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
printf ("input number %2d: ", i);
scanf (" %d", &tempnum);
if ((tempnum & 1) == 0)
even++;
else
odd++;
totalnum = totalnum + tempnum;
}
printf ("You entered %d numbers\n", count);
printf ("The sum of the %d numbers is %d\n",
count, totalnum);
printf ("The average of the %d numbers is %d\n",
count, totalnum / count);
printf ("You entered %d odd numbers and %d even numbers\n",
odd, even);
// PAUSE;
return 0;
}
note: main is type int (e.g. int main (int argc, char **argv) or simply int main (void) to indicate no arguments taken). Since it is type int it will return a value to the shell. While historic implementations may have allowed void main that is no longer the case for portable code.
Example Use/Output
$ /bin/forskipped
enter a number between 2 and 25: 4
numbers to input: 4
input number 1: 1
input number 2: 2
input number 3: 3
input number 4: 4
You entered 4 numbers
The sum of the 4 numbers is 10
The average of the 4 numbers is 2
You entered 2 odd numbers and 2 even numbers
Look it over and let me know if you have any questions.

My program.exe has stopped working [closed]

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main(void){
int n, i, a[10], sum = 0;
for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){
printf("Enter the marks of %dth student ", i + 1);
scanf("%d", a[i]);
sum = sum + a[i];
}
printf("The total sum is %d", sum);
return 0;
}
Is there an error in my program?
Everytime I run the program, after entering the marks for the first student, I get an error saying that my program has stopped working!
This happens for most of my programs where I have used arrays!
It should be
scanf("%d",&a[i]);
Pass-by-pointer, not by value. Unfortunately, some compilers cannot perform compile-time type safety checks on calls to scanf(). So basically scanf() is treating your (uninitialized value in) a[i] as a pointer, which leads to undefined behavior.
Try this:
#include <stdio.h> //stdio not Stdio
int main(void){
int n,i,a[10],sum=0;
for(i=0;i<10;i++){
printf("Enter the marks of %dth student ",i+1);
scanf("%d",&a[i]); // &a[i] not a[i]
sum=sum+a[i];
}
printf("The total sum is %d\n",sum);
return 0;
}
scanf needs a pointer, not the value.
You invoked undefined behavior by passing data having the wrong type to scanf(). You have to pass int* to scanf(), not int, for %d.
I also corrected the #includes and added input error check.
Try this:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void){
int n,i,a[10],sum=0;
for(i=0;i<10;i++){
printf("Enter the marks of %dth student ",i+1);
if(scanf("%d",&a[i])!=1){
fputs("read error\n",stdout);
return 1;
}
sum=sum+a[i];
}
printf("The total sum is %d\n",sum);
return 0;
}

Prime Number Check 1-100 (C) [closed]

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The code below is to read input from the user to check if an int [1-100] is a prime number or not. (If out of range, will print "Done). If non prime, will output that to the console and the number divisible.
Right now this program is running correctly for 1-10 except for 3 and 9... Any suggestions?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int num, i;
printf("Number [1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d", &num);
while(num>0 && num <101)
{
if (num==1||num==2)
printf("Prime\n");
for (i=2; i<=num/2; ++i)
{
if (num%i==0)
{
printf("Non-prime,divisible by %d\n",i);
break;
}
else {
printf("Prime\n");
break;
}
}
printf("Number[1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d",&num);
}
printf("Done\n");
}
First, make sure your code has appropriate whitespace. This will help you realize when things aren't lined up like you think they are.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int num, i;
printf("Number [1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d", &num);
while(num>0 && num <101){
if (num==1||num==2)
printf("Prime\n");
for(i=2; i<=num/2; ++i)
{
if (num%i==0)
{
printf("Non-prime,divisible by %d\n",i);
break;
}
else {
printf("Prime\n");
break;
}
}
printf("Number[1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d",&num);
}
printf("Done\n");
}
Now you should realize that your else statement happens on the first check! So when 3 is not divisible by 2, it prints "prime."
And then it breaks out of the loop.
And this happens for EVERY number. All your program is doing is checking to see if numbers are divisible by 2.
If you wrote "Odd" instead of "Prime" it would at least be correct there.
This is the kind of problem where setting a flag might be useful (there are other ways to do this, but this is one way).
So you could set a flag, say int isPrime = 1;
Now, if you find out that the number is not prime, you simply set isPrime = 0;.
Finally, at the end of the for loop (let me repeat: AFTER the for loop finishes), you need to check that variable.
And you can say,
if (isPrime == 1)
{
printf("Prime\n");
} else
{
printf("Non-prime.");
}
I'll let you figure out how to print the divisor :)
(For reference, correctly using the flag would look like this -- and for clarity I removed the 'feature' in which it continuously looped)
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int num, i;
int isPrime = 1;
printf("Number [1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d", &num);
for(i=2; i<=num/2; ++i)
{
if (num%i==0)
{
isPrime = 0;
break;
}
}
if (isPrime == 1)
{
printf("Prime\n");
} else
{
printf("Non-prime.");
}
printf("Done\n");
}
The reason why 3 is behaving differently is that the for logic never reaches 3. For "(i=2; i <= num/2; ++i)", if num equals 3, then the i (being 2) is no longer less than 3/2, which is 1 (after rounding off). So, you should add "num==3" check to the "if (num==1||num==2)".
You're not checking the entire range between 2 and num/2. You need a while loop and a prime flag.
Something like this.
while(num>0 && num <101)
{
unsigned char prime = 1; // set prime flag
i = 2;
while( i < (num/2)+1)
{
if(num%i == 0)
prime = 0;
i++;
}
if(num == 1)
prime = 0;
if(prime == 0)
printf("%d is nonprime\n", num);
else
printf("%d is prime\n", num);
prime = 1;
printf("Number[1-100]:? \n");
scanf("%d",&num);
}

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