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main returns an int not a void.

You should do something like:


int main(int argc, char** argv) {
// Your code here
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

That's a really sweet answer.

Egads man, you're killing me!


#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
// This is a dichotomous key written in C++ since I didn't want...

Forget what I said, that crazy indentation made it too difficult to follow the logic. Make sure all your ifs are actually testing the right conditions, and although I still see the indentation as...

Your indentation is messed up, but what you need to do is make sure you are using || (logical or) and && (logical and) where appropriate.

You should probably change those char[]s to strings:


int what, size;
string name, piece, research, where, amount, other;

And where you have:

Use:

While I don't disagree with you, the OP presented his problem with the quarter being the most significant coin.

It sounds an awful lot like a homework question, and I bet the problem doesn't...

This sounds similar to what my friend needed to create a dynamic menu that can change during run-time.

He used what he called pure virtual functions.

Unfortunately, I'm still just learning, so...

Thank-you for the explanation, and now I see why it fails to produce the expected results. Changing the values to whole numbers fixes the problem and now it works fine.


a = ta*100;
q = gc(a,...

A couple of days ago someone posted a question about a change-maker program. Coding a solution to the problem seemed like a fun little exercise to try.

Here is the code:


using namespace std;...

How many quarters total?
1.37 / 0.25 = 5.48
5.48 throw away the remainder = 5
Subtract total quarter value
1.37 - (0.25 * 5) = 0.12
This leaves 12 cents

How many dimes?
0.12 / 0.1 = 1.2...

I made a little program to try to understand


int main() {
int a = 10;
a(20); // produces same error
}


So I guess the big clue was the word initialization. Once a variable...

I apologize, I'm still trying to learn the correct terms for things. I still don't understand why it works in some places, but not others. My book doesn't seem to explain why, it just says it can be...

I understand now. I've never looked at std:string's constructor, still trying to understand OOP ;)

Your explanation about std::string's constructor answered that question, even though I wasn't...

I read that C++ has a new type of assignment syntax that I can choose to utilize.
I.e.


int a(10); // C++ style
int a = 10; // C stlye


Sometimes this syntax fails, such as below:

This tip alone cut my execution times in half, thanks a ton.

I understand what you mean by passing by value and reference. Now when you say most objects, does that include things (don't know exactly the correct term to apply) such as shorts and doubles, etc? ...

Yes, I meant to do x = 0; in the second example.

That article helped somewhat, I don't understand everything, but I do get the gist that initialization list are better to use than assignment in...

That looks like just what I need, thank you.

I encountered the following while reading some C++ code.
Consider these two code examples:



class Foo { // Declares class Foo
public:
int x; // Member variable

...

I've recoded everything quite a bit, and I've tried to eliminate the use of char* or char[] (except when OpenGL returns one).

Another thing I found is that OpenGL version strings are always in the...

I appreciate these tips. I can follow along with everything up to where you mentioned vectors. They still scare me. I will incorporate each of your suggestions above in turn. May as well try all...

Okay, I played around with it and now I see what you mean, thanks for dispelling my illusion. Learning as I go along..

This is what I came up with to fix it:


char szVersion[6] = "\0";...

But isn't that just the sort of thing using sizeof() is supposed to avoid?
It should make it whatever size the thing happens to be, that's how I've come to understand it.

I tried what you said...

Even though no one answered I still felt people were listening.

Although it was a dumb mistake, I'm still proud of it in a way.