[CodingNewb]

All I need to know is what syntax belongs where I have my last comment in this code? I want the program to run again from line 7
if(yesorno != yes). Please post how I can do this, or a revised version of the code.

#include <stdafx.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	//This states all of the variables that will be used in the code.
	int division;
	int addition;
	int multiplication;
	int subtraction;
	int yesorno;
	int operation;
	int number1;
	int number2;
	
	//This states the forumula for each variable that will not be defined later
	division = number1 / number2;
	addition = number1 + number2;
	multiplication = number1 * number2;
	subtraction = number1 - number2;
 
	//Asks the user what they want to do
	cout << "Would you like to add, subtract, multiply, or add?";
	cout << "\n";
	cin >> operation;
	
	//Double checks with the user with what they want to do
	cout << "So you would like to ";
	cout << operation;
	cout << "?";
	cout << "YES/NO";
	cout << "\n";
	cin >> yesorno;

	//This decides the course of the user


 
	if(yesorno != yes) //What Do I put here to make the program to go back to line 7?

	if(yesorno = yes) cout << "What is the number you want to start out with?";

This post has been edited by CodingNewb: 09 December 2009 - 07:39 PM

[CodingNewb]

I can't find help anywhere. In fact this thread with no replies shows up when you Google. I need this to finish my program, write a few snippets, and help get the basics down. If you need my question clarified, just ask.

[Oler1s]

Start reading about loops.

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Please post how I can do this, or a revised version of the code.

No. We don't hand out code freebies.

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I need this to finish my program, write a few snippets, and help get the basics down.

Perhaps. But we don't particularly care about your program. We care that you learn something. Us finishing a program for you is not educational.

This post has been edited by Oler1s: 09 December 2009 - 07:52 PM

[no2pencil]

Why are you using a conditional if? If you want the code to run multiple times, use a while or for loop.

& what does the Google placement of this page have anything to do with you getting or not getting help?

CodingNewb, on 9 Dec, 2009 - 08:37 PM, said:

I can't find help anywhere.

Why don't you show us what you've tried & why it didn't work.

Complaining isn't going to get you help any faster. The topic has not even been posted for an hour, & you've already bumped it. Horrible.

[Aphex19]

You really do need to use loops. Just like saying

while (this condition is true)
   do this stuff here

This post has been edited by Aphex19: 09 December 2009 - 08:09 PM

[srlester]

Im pretty sure line 7 is int main() and if it is than this shouldnt be much of a problem. Just call the main function again.

 if(conditons) 
{
main();
}

But a do while loop would probably be cleaner.

This post has been edited by srlester: 09 December 2009 - 08:26 PM

[Bench]

srlester, on 10 Dec, 2009 - 03:25 AM, said:

Im pretty sure line 7 is int main() and if it is than this shouldnt be much of a problem. Just call the main function again.

 if(conditons) 
{
main();
}

It would also be illegal; A program which calls main produces this error message on a conforming C++ compiler in strict mode

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error: function "main" may not be called or have its address taken

This error was produced using the comeau compiler http://www.comeaucom...g.com/tryitout/

This post has been edited by Bench: 10 December 2009 - 02:00 AM

[CodingNewb]

I was trying to do what srlester said.

[NickDMax]

Look the process is very simple:

int main() {
bool loopAgain = true;
{
//... do whatever you need to...
//to exit the loop set loopAgain to false. 
} while (loopAgain );

of course loopAgain does not have to be a variable itself, you can use any condition expression (such as yesorno == 1 -- note yesorno is defined as an int -- so the user will have to enter a number and not a string such as "yes" -- if you want the user to be able to enter a string you will have to change your program).

[CodingNewb]

Thank you........it basically boiled down to me not knowing if you could have a block of code within the main().

[IngeniousHax]

CodingNewb, on 10 Dec, 2009 - 11:37 AM, said:

Thank you........it basically boiled down to me not knowing if you could have a block of code within the main().

Huh? Not knowing if you could have a block of code with-in main? That's where all the code goes... o.O;;

That or a .h file or some global variables or functions. But everything is processed at some point, to be valid, in main()

This post has been edited by IngeniousHax: 10 December 2009 - 12:50 PM

[srlester]

Bench, on 10 Dec, 2009 - 12:57 AM, said:

srlester, on 10 Dec, 2009 - 03:25 AM, said:

Im pretty sure line 7 is int main() and if it is than this shouldnt be much of a problem. Just call the main function again.

 if(conditons) 
{
main();
}

It would also be illegal; A program which calls main produces this error message on a conforming C++ compiler in strict mode

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error: function "main" may not be called or have its address taken

This error was produced using the comeau compiler http://www.comeaucom...g.com/tryitout/

Im pretty sure you can use main(); Ive used it many times to restart my program and its always worked heres an example from a Percent calculator I made for online shopping for my girlfriend.

 if (ch == 2)
{
	cout << "Whats the percent off you're getting?" <<endl;
	cin >> p;
	cout << "Now enter the Cost of your item" << endl;
	cin >> c;
	d = (p * .01);
	fp = (c * d);
	fc = ( c - fp);
	cout << "Total price is" << endl;
	cout << fc << endl;
	system("PAUSE");	  system("cls");
	main();		  
}

Lol and when you look at my algorithm, this was one of my first programs and I did things probably the hardest way possible.

[Oler1s]

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Im pretty sure you can use main();

It would not be a valid C++ program. Calling main is not a loop idiom. It's a recursive call. Recursively calling main is explicitly forbidden by the language.

This post has been edited by Oler1s: 10 December 2009 - 02:31 PM

[NickDMax]

Calling main() is BAD and you really should not do it. Some compilers will let you get away with it (throw back to C) but that does not mean that you SHOULD do it. It is a good way to screw things up and make a very unstable program with the potential of cashing a computer.

Each time you call main() you are eating up stack space, and it is a good way to cause memory leaks if you allocate memory. Basically it is just not a good idea and something that should only be done by someone who knew what they were doing, but anyone who knew what they were doing would not do it... so...

The things about C/C++ is that they allow you to do what you want -- but its up to you to do what is smart.

[no2pencil]

So the following is bad?

#include <stdio.h>
void main(void) {
  while(1) main();
}