I cannot get it to compile.
--- In [email protected], "Brett W. McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> On 5/22/07, mkaylad99 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [mod-- If you want people to help, then you'll have to clean
> > up the source, or be more careful with your copy/pasting. --mod
PN]
> >
> > This is the program that I created but for some reason I could not
> > get it to run. Where did I go wrong?
> >
> >
> > '#include <stdio.h> Main ()'' ''char firstinit=''\0'',
> > lastinit=''\0'' ''float item1=14.99 item2=5.25 item3=1.85
item4=1.75
> > item5=14.88 tax=4.30 subtotal=53.72,total=58.02; ''float
> > taxrate=0.08; ''("\nPlease type the first letter of your first
name,
> > then press enter.") ''scanf("%c",&firstinit)''getchar()'' printf
> > ("\nPlease type the first letter of your last name, then press
> > enter.")'' scanf("%c",&lastinit)'' getchar()'' printf("\nPlease
type
> > the cost of the first item, then press enter.")'' scanf("%.2f",
> > &item1)'' getchar()'' printf("\nPlease type the cost of the second
> > item, then press enter.")'' scanf("%.2f", &item2)'' getchar()''
printf
> > ("\nPlease type the cost of the third item, then press enter.")''
> > scanf("%.2f", &item3)'' getchar()'' printf("\nPlease type the
cost of
> > the fourth item, then press enter.")'' scanf("%.2f", &item4)''
getchar
> > ()'' printf("\nPlease type the cost of the fifth item, then press
> > enter.")'' scanf("%.2f", &item5)'' getchar()''
> > subtotal=item1+item2+item3+item4+item5; tax=subtotal*taxrate;
> > total=subtotal+tax; printf("\n%c",firstinit,".")'' printf("\n%
> > c",lastinit,".")'' printf("Your total cost is $%.2f",total)''
getchar
> > ()
>
> Be more specific -- when you say "can't get it to run", do you mean
it
> doesn't compile? Does it crash? Do you get any error messages? I
can't
> even tell how correct the code is because it's all pushed together
on
> a single line -- but it looks like you are also missing a LOT of
> semicolons at the ends of statements, incorrect use of printf, no
> brackets, misplaced quotes, use of Main() instead of main(), and so
> on.
>
> -- Brett
> ------------------------------------------------------------
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> If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world."
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