mkaylad99 wrote: > I cannot get it to compile. > neither can we. Where did you get the source from? It's missing a LOT of ; there are a LOT of meaningless '
and it's formatted horribly so it's almost impossible to read > --- 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; >> If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." >> -- Jelaleddin Rumi >> >> > > > > > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
