quick question

[AKGROWN]

I am writing a program that uses if statements. The program will prompt the user to enter 2 numbers 0-100. If Num1 is > Num2 it needs to output "Num1 is greater than Num2. Num1 is the greater variable." If Num1 < Num2 "Num2 is greater than Num1. Num2 is the greater variable." my question is this

how to i get the program to print the numbers the user inputs and not Num1 and Num2. here is the source any feedback is greatly appreaciated. It always seems to be the simple stuff that confuses me.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
int Num1;
int Num2;

cout << "Please enter a number 0-100 ";
cin >> Num1;
cout << endl;
cout << "Please enter a number between 0-100 ";
cin >> Num2;
cout << endl;
if (Num1 > Num2)
cout << "Num1 is greater than Num2. Your first variable was greater" << endl;
else (Num1 < Num2);
cout << "Num2 is greater that Num1. Your second variable is greater" << endl;
return 0;

}

[Lindley]

Your else statement should not have a condition after it, nor should it have a semicolon.

What happens if the two numbers are equal?

To your specific question, to output a variable called Num1, just do

cout << Num1;

You can chain this together with other outputs (such as literal strings in "") using additional insertion operators (<<).

[AKGROWN]

Lindley,

Should I be using to if statments then?

[Lindley]

Well, you might want to throw in an else if for the equal case.

[AKGROWN]

Lindley Thanks and I will add that but I am having a problem. I got the program to run but here is the quarrel. I used 75 and 5 as my control numbers. If I enter 5 and 75 the program works correctly. but if i enter 75 and 5 it says

75 is greater than 5 ...... which is good
it also says
75 is les than 5......... which is not good

here is the source I wrote

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
int Num1;
int Num2;

cout << "Please enter a number 0-100 "; //prompts user to enter a the first number

cin >> Num1;

cout << endl;

cout << "Please enter a number between 0-100 "; // prompts user to enter second number

cin >> Num2;

cout << endl;

if (Num1 > Num2) // If statment processes which number is greater.

cout << Num1 << " is greater than " << Num2 << " Your first variable was greater " << endl; //prints to screen

if (Num1 < Num2); // If statment processes which number is greater

cout << Num1 << " is less than " << Num2 << " Your second variable is greater " << endl; // prints to screen

return 0;

}

[jeron]

if (Num1 < Num2); // If statment processes which number is greater

Try getting rid of the semi colon in this line.

[Paul McKenzie]

Lindley Thanks and I will add that but I am having a problem. I got the program to run but here is the quarrel. I used 75 and 5 as my control numbers. If I enter 5 and 75 the program works correctly. but if i enter 75 and 5 it says

Please use code tags when posting code.

if (Num1 < Num2); // If statment processes which number is greater

What is that semicolon doing at the end of the line? That is the problem.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[AKGROWN]

yeah i figured it out. when i was first built the solution it said missig ; before so i assumed thats where it was supposed to go. I just finished the assignment and was able to figure the last part out all by myself which is a freaking act of god. here is the final program in its entirety.

//This program will prompt the use to enter 2 numbers.
//it will then process the information and print the
//larger number to the screen. The program will prompt
//the user for a number 1-12, process the information
// and print the corrosponding month to the screen.


#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
int Num1;
int Num2;
int Num;

cout << "Please enter a number 0-100 "; //prompts user to enter a the first number

cin >> Num1;

cout << endl;

cout << "Please enter a number between 0-100 "; // prompts user to enter second number

cin >> Num2;

cout << endl;

if (Num1 > Num2) // If statment processes which number is greater.

cout << Num1 << " is greater than " << Num2 << " Your first variable was greater " << endl; //prints to screen

if (Num1 < Num2) // If statment processes which number is greater

cout << Num1 << " is less than " << Num2 << " Your second variable is greater " << endl; // prints to screen

else if (Num1 == Num2) // Processes whether the entered values are equal

cout << Num1 << " is equal to " << Num2 << " The values entered are equal " << endl;

cout << "Enter a number from 1-12: "; //prompts user to enter a value from 1-12

cin >> Num; // users value

cout << "The number you entered is " << Num << endl; // prints the user entered value to the screen

switch (Num) // switch statment processes which value to to match to corrosponding entered value
{
case 1:
cout << "January" << endl;
break ;
case 2:
cout << "Februrary" << endl;
break;
case 3:
cout << "March" << endl;
break;
case 4:
cout << "April" << endl;
break;
case 5:
cout << "May" << endl;
break;
case 6:
cout << "June" << endl;
break;
case 7:
cout << "July" << endl;
break ;
case 8:
cout << "August" << endl;
break ;
case 9:
cout << "September" << endl;
break ;
case 10:
cout << "October" << endl;
break ;
case 11:
cout << "November" << endl;
break ;
case 12:
cout << "December" << endl;
break;
default:
cout << "That is not a valid number" << endl; //error message to tell user he/she has entered an invalid value
}

return 0; //terminates program

}

[Lindley]

A good start. If you haven't been shown them already, soon you'll learn how to use arrays to let you avoid such annoyingly verbose switch statements.

[Paul McKenzie]

yeah i figured it out. when i was first built the solution it said missig ; before so i assumed thats where it was supposed to go. I just finished the assignment and was able to figure the last part out all by myself which is a freaking act of god. here is the final program in its entirety.

How hard is it to type

[code] [/code]

around your code? If you're going to post code, at least post it so that it is readable.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie