[bbarker3]

It is the part of the code with while that is messing up. It doesn't like the x. I'm using visual studio 2008 professional. After I build the program, it gives me a warning and no errors(the warning has to do with that "while(x !=0)" I think. So then I Start without Debugging, and an error pops up where I can Abort, Retry, or Ignore. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>

int main(void)
{
	int x, n, a;
	
	while (x != 0)   
	 {  
		 printf("please enter a number\n");
		 scanf_s("%d", &x);
		 n = 1;
		 
		 if (x < 0)
		 {
			 printf("value cannot be negative\n");
		 }
		 else
		 {
			 for (a = x; a > 0; a--)
			 {
				 n = n*2;
			 }
			 printf("Two raised to the power of %d is %d\n", x, n);
		 }
	}
return(0);
}

[JackOfAllTrades]

You need to initialize x to something (other than 0) to enter the loop.