And for doing simple things like this, I prefer perl :)
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:52:04AM -0500, warpmedia wrote:
> Hey Z, been a bit since I've done C, so be gentle if this is wrong as I
> did not try running it...
>
> You may want to consider second example using do..while gallons > 0 loop
> as the better method when n is not known.
>
>
> void main(void)
> {
> float gallons, miles, mpg;
> int n, counter;
>
> /* To calculate MPG for each of n tanks */
>
> n=3
>
> for (counter=1; counter <= n; counter++)
> {
> printf("\nEnter the number of gallons used for tank#%i: ", counter);
> scanf("%f", &gallons);
> printf("Enter the number of miles driven: ");
> scanf("%f", &miles);
>
> mpg = miles / gallons;
> printf("*** The miles per gallon for this tank is %f", mpg);
> }
> }
>
> void main(void)
> float gallons, miles, mpg;
> int n, counter;
>
> /* To calculate MPG while gallons > 0 */
>
> do
> {
> printf("\nEnter the number of gallons used for tank#%i (0 to end):
> ", counter);
> scanf("%f", &gallons);
>
> If(gallons > 0)
> {
> printf("Enter the number of miles driven: ");
> scanf("%f", &miles);
>
> mpg = miles / gallons;
> printf("*** The miles per gallon for this tank is %f", mpg);
> }
> }
> while(gallons > 0);
> }
>
> Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:
> >I have some basic question regarding some C program
> >that I have made just for fun (I am trying to teach
> >myself C)
> >
> >Please have a look at the program below:
> >
> >If you compile it then the error will be self
> >apparent, the first time it calculates the MPG it
> >returns zero, the second mpg calculation is actually
> >for the first one and so on :).
> >
> >#include <stdio.h>
> >
> >/*Main program body*/
> >
> >void main(void)
> >
> >{
> >
> >
> > float gallons, miles, mpg;
> > int counter;
> >
> >
> >
> > for (counter=1; counter <=3; counter++)
> > {
> > mpg = miles / gallons;
> > if (counter == 1)
> > printf("Enter the number
> >of gallons used for tank#%i: ", counter);
> > else
> > printf("\nEnter the number
> >of gallons used for tank#%i: ", counter);
> > scanf("%f", &gallons);
> > printf("Enter the number of miles
> >driven: ");
> > scanf("%f", &miles);
> > printf("*** The miles per gallon
> >for this tank is %f", mpg);
> > }
> >}
> >
> >
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