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    Loop Trouble with For Loop

    Ok so this is my homework and I am not asking anyone to do it for me. I am asking where I have gone wrong I am writing for loop with a switch so that scores can be inputted in by a judge. The issue that I am running into is that I will put out an the text then the test happens and the code puts out the switch statement 5 times with random number. Here is what I have written.
    Thank you for your help. I am just not seeing where I am wrong. Once again I am not asking you do my work for me just to look at what I am missing.


    Code:
    int main()
    {
        int diver;
        int option;
        int Judge;
       
       
       
       
       
       
        cout << "Enter Divers Name:";
                cin >> diver;
              
           
                for (option=0; option <5; option++)
       //if (option)  
       
     
     
    
         cout << "Judge Please select a number between 0-9:" << Judge << endl;
         cin >> option;
        
          
                    cout << option << endl;
                option++;
                do{
         switch (option)
         {
        case 1: cout << "Score is 1"<< endl;
             break;
        case 2: cout << "Score is 2"<< endl;
           
             break;
        case 3: cout << "Score is 3"<< endl;
             break;
        case 4: cout << "Score is 4"<< endl;
             break;
        case 5: cout << "Score is 5"<< endl;
             break;
        case 6: cout << "Score is 6"<< endl;
             break;
        case 7: cout << "Score is 7"<< endl;
             break;
        case 8: cout << "Score is 8"<< endl;
             break;
        case 9: cout << "Score is 9"<< endl;
             break;
        case 0: cout << "Score is 10"<< endl;
             break;
        default: cout << "Invalid Entry" << endl;
            break;
         }
    }
              while (Judge < 5);
           
            
              
           
    
    
       
        return 0;
    }

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    Re: Loop Trouble with For Loop

    Currently your for-loop only iterates over the statement cout << "Judge Please select a number between 0-9:" << Judge << endl; I guess you would like to control everything beyond the for by that iteration - if that's right you need to put all the stuff into a block, i.e. {}.
    There may be other flaws as far as I understood your description:
    - There is no randomization anywhere - probably you are asked to generate a random number between 0 ... 9 five times? For a solution of this you may have a look at the documentation for rand() and the modulo-operator
    - You are incrementing option twice - why?

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    Re: Loop Trouble with For Loop

    Where do you set the variable Judge?

    You ask to enter divers name, but the variable diver is defined as type int not a string (or a c-style char array).

    Your case 0: will not be executed if the user inputs a number in the required range as you increment option which gives option a range of 1 - 10.
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    Re: Loop Trouble with For Loop

    Also, you might consider using the lines :

    if(option <= 10 && option >= 1)
    cout<<"The score is "<<judge<<endl;
    else
    cout<<"Invalid Entry.";
    instead of the entire switch statement.

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    Re: Loop Trouble with For Loop

    Judge is the Divers name so the type of Judge should be string or c-style;
    So instead of:

    Code:
    int Judge;
    You should write;

    Code:
    string Judge;
    or;
    Code:
    char Judge[10];//we reserve 10 characters
    Other thing, the line
    Code:
    option++;
    doesn't make sense. WhY??

    And finally....
    I think you forgot deleting the line:
    Code:
    for (option=0; option <5; option++)
    Because that loop is executing 5 times the next line:
    Code:
    cout << "Judge Please select a number between 0-9:" << Judge << endl;
    and I am sure that that isn't teh result you want.

    I hope I could help you !!!
    Last edited by Jose M; February 16th, 2014 at 04:32 PM.

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