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| From | bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Program to compute amount of coins |
| Date | 2015-09-03 18:09 +0200 |
| Organization | ATMAN - ATM S.A. |
| Message-ID | <ms9rbq$3m5$1@node2.news.atman.pl> (permalink) |
| References | <1436c460-1201-4574-b672-d121a9f306b6@googlegroups.com> |
On 03.09.2015 17:54, Alla _ wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am working on a program that should
> compute the amount of coins: the user
> enters amount, and, to make it simple
> any amount entered is in dollars, not
> cents.
>
> Therefore, I have to:
> - prompt the user to enter the number
> - convert that into cents, round the result
> - compute how much of 25¢ coins are
> contained is this number
>
> Initially, I split the program, wrote
> the 'prompt the user part', and then
> combined with a computational part.
>
> "Prompting" part, including "rounding",
> works.
>
> Computational part doesn't produce the
> correct outcome. I've tried different
> approaches.
>
> Please, help with hints and tips, but
> do not write a program for me - if I fail
> to get your tips, I will ask again :)
>
> "Algorithm" that I thought can help
> to solve the computational part is:
>
> use while loop, take amount; until amount
> is bigger than 24, reduce amount by 25, and
> count the number of 25¢ coins with each iteration
> of the loop.
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <math.h>
>
> int main(void)
> {
> float amount; /** I should ask for a float value in $,
> and then convert it to amount in cents**/
Amount in uninitialized. Propabli equal to 0.0
> int coin25 = 0;
> int change = round(amount * 100);
'Change' is computed based on uninitiated variable 'amount'.
It propably is equal to 0.
>
> printf ("Please, enter your amount in $: \n");
>
> if (scanf("%f", &amount) == 1)
You put value from input to 'amount', but 'change'
is still zero. Do you earlier write only in mathematica?
This is the same problem as in #triangle,
"int change = round(amount * 100);"
do not mean a relation between this two variables.
It mean 'take current value of amount, compute a function
and the result put in variable "change"'.
And the are independent.
You have to compute value of change _after_ you
put input into 'amount'.
> {
>
> while (change >= 24)
> {
> change = change - 25;
> coin25++;
> }
Hmmm.
Do you hear about such operation as division?
try
coin25 = change/25;
> }
> printf ("%i\n", coin25);
>
> }
>
> Thank you!
>
bartekltg
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Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 08:54 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 17:07 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:02 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:12 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:18 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:30 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:53 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:03 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 22:29 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:51 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 23:37 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-03 23:07 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-03 18:24 -0400
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 00:30 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 16:36 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:00 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 13:58 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 05:07 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-07 13:14 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-08 02:39 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 18:29 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-08 13:15 -0400
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-08 10:16 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 04:09 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-04 12:16 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 14:11 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2015-09-04 19:06 +0000
Re: Program to compute amount of coins James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-09-04 15:12 -0400
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 01:54 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-05 01:01 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartek@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 02:50 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:09 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 17:11 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:38 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:08 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:20 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:32 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 12:18 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:16 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 18:24 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:37 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 19:02 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 10:42 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 19:57 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 19:05 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-09-03 21:23 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-03 21:55 +0100
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-03 16:39 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 14:02 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-06 17:04 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 03:48 -0700
Re: Program to compute amount of coins bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 14:04 +0200
Re: Program to compute amount of coins Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-04 14:23 +0100
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