Re: More C programming help
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:10:02 -0700
John:
Firstly, your code has some problems. Could u possibly get on skype
w/me? This is getting hard by email--I mean, I could write this for u
but a) u wouldn't learn anything by me doing that; & b) that's not
fair 2 u.
On 10/3/07, TJ McElroy <raider.59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John,
>
> In the example that I sent you
>
> I made up the two variables
>
> overTime and overTimePay.
>
> They will have to be declared to be valid.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:30 PM
> Subject: Re: More C programming help
>
>
> >I tried that and over time and overtime pay undeclared variables is the
> >error it likes to torture me with now.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "TJ McElroy" <raider.59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 1:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: More C programming help
> >
> >
> >> Your problem:
> >>
> >>> gross = wage * hours + 0.5 (hours - 40);
> >>
> >> for some reason, the compiler doesn't like it.
> >>
> >> ***
> >> The compiler does not like it, because it thinks that
> >> 0.5 (hours - 40);
> >>
> >> is a function call.
> >>
> >> Try breaking the if statement into two statements
> >>
> >> if ( hours > 40 ) {
> >> overTime = hours - 40;
> >> overTimePay = .05 * overTime;
> >> gross = wage * hours + overTimePay;
> >> } else {
> >> gross = wage * hours;
> >> }
> >>
> >> ***
> >> also by not having this if statement inside the for loop,
> >> it will calculate all of the employees time, not
> >> each individual employee.
> >>
> >> hth
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: More C programming help
> >>
> >>
> >>> Well, the what the program should do is there, but the line that is
> >>>
> >>>> gross = wage * hours + 0.5 (hours - 40);
> >>>
> >>> for some reason, the compiler doesn't like it.
> >>> error is
> >>> Error 1 error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking -22
> >>> arguments
> >>>
> >>> I usually do walk away for a bit when I get frustrated but it's the
> >>> headaches I get after going back a few times that are really starting to
> >>> concern me. I know I'm close, if I do different, easier math in that
> >>> line like just adding 1 or something it will work changing it a bit, but
> >>> when I do it this way, which looks right to me, it just doesn't like it.
> >>> I'm sure I'm missing something simple again. I've been close right along
> >>> I feel like, but lagging behind, I'm not sure if it's me, a Braille
> >>> display would have probably helped with the last one but I can't afford
> >>> that and was pretty much told "no" by the state when I wanted one for
> >>> another class, it's too late now anyway week 5 or 10 starts tomorrow.
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Marlon Brandão de Sousa" <splyt.lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:01 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: More C programming help
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hello John,
> >>>> Let me tell you this: when you look at a hard programming task as if
> >>>> it was a person and it was your enemy the probability of comming with
> >>>> the solution is smaller. Try to look at it as if you did not deppend
> >>>> on that, if you get frustrated of thinking and going to aparent noware
> >>>> then go take a break, and back again to it latter. Don't start
> >>>> thinking that you're likely to fail or that you don't like to have all
> >>>> the work to try it again and again ... It may appear a joke, but it
> >>>> does make the difference if you get yourself in a relaxed stat so you
> >>>> can consentrate more on your problem and less in your fears and
> >>>> frustrations ...
> >>>> This said, I'll ask you to explain me what you're trying to do,
> >>>> because I can not see what is the problem here.
> >>>> I didn't try to compile your code but the sintax seen ok ... so what
> >>>> is the problem?
> >>>> Marlon
> >>>> 2007/10/3, John Miller <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>> Hi everyone.
> >>>>> Here we go again, now, where I should be at with this program is, a
> >>>>> program
> >>>>> that will figure out the wages for 5 employees, and now adding an if
> >>>>> statement to figure out overtime. I've been working on this for 2 days
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> this is what the code ends up looking like, I can make it work if I
> >>>>> change
> >>>>> it to do the wrong thing, but when it comes time to get it right, I
> >>>>> can't
> >>>>> make it work and I'm at a complete loss. If I do it with different
> >>>>> math,
> >>>>> just make it add a few things with the same coding, that works so I
> >>>>> knwo I'm
> >>>>> on the right track, but when it comes to doing the finished project,
> >>>>> I'm
> >>>>> missing something. I had to stop yesterday for the second worst
> >>>>> headache
> >>>>> I've ever had in my life, seems like I get those headaches every time
> >>>>> I work
> >>>>> on this junk but I need the class.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (begin code(
> >>>>> #include <stdio.h>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> int main (void)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> {
> >>>>>
> >>>>> int clock;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* clock number */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> float gross;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* gross pay */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> float hours;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* hours worked */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> float wage;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* hourly wage */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> {
> >>>>>
> >>>>> int i;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* Prompt for employee information */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> for (i = 0; i <=5; ++i)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf("enter your employee number: ");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> scanf_s("%d", &clock);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf("Enter the wage: ");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> scanf_s("%f", &wage);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf("Enter number of hours worked: ");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> scanf_s("%f", &hours);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> } /* end for */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* attempting if statement for overtime*/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> if ( hours > 40 )
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* calculate gross pay */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> gross = wage * hours + 0.5 (hours - 40);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> else gross = wage * hours;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> /* print out employee information to the screen */
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf
> >>>>> ("\t----------------------------------------------------------\n");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf ("\tClock# Wage Hours Gross\n");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf
> >>>>> ("\t----------------------------------------------------------\n");
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf ("\t%06i %5.2f %5.1f %7.2f\n",clock,wage,hours,gross);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf("This employee worked %f hours with a per-hour basis of %f.\n",
> >>>>> hours, wage);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> printf(" gross pay is %f.\n", gross);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> return 0;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *end code
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