RE: A pretty little bug in my code, need advice?
- From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:55:31 -0700
Hi Jess,
Uh oh... This sounds like a logic error - where the program does what you
don't want it to do, or perhaps you wrote the addition/division routine
wrong. This is the reason why using parentheses helps. Try:
answer = (score_1 + score_2 + score_3) / 3;
Or, a more useful trick is:
// The revised routine...
// The aim is the store the added values in the answer, then divide the
result by three within the output code.
answer = score_1 + score_2 + score_3;
cout << "The average is " << answer/3 << "." << endl;
Note the "endl" string, which is used to insert a new line.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Joseph
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Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 8:39 AM
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Subject: A pretty little bug in my code, need advice?
Although the syntax of the code appears to be fine, I'm experiencing a nice
little bug where all of the variables are being added and the result divided
up in the same pass. This causes the prog to generate off the wall numbers.
For example, if you put the number 8 for all three values, when it divides
by 3, it gives you something like 18.6.
As far as I can tell, and somebody correct me if I'm wrong, What I need to
do is to have the program press an enter after each value is added. How do
I implement this in my code?
Thanks
Jes
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