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Re: [Dev-C++] I'm Stumped :(

[Chad S. <ho...@ho...>]

>From: The Jay Man <ja...@ya...>
>Reply-To: dev...@li...
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: [Dev-C++] I'm Stumped :(
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:13:47 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have here some code for a small practice program I wrote. I have been
>looking ive the code for about a week now and cannot figure out why I
>get the following error: "Project1 caused an error in PROJECT1.EXE..."
>What is wrong with the code or my computer? Here is the code:
>

[SNIP]

>  cin >> "Enter your choice" >> choice;

[SNIP]

>P.S. It DOES compile sucessfully and will run until "cin >> "Enter your
>      choice"; Thank you for your time,

Well that's really strange.... It should NOT compile at all, as you are 
trying to use the >> operator on an input stream to store data in a const 
char pointer. The correct way to do the above is :

cout << "Enter your choice : "<< flush;
cin >> choice;


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RE: [Dev-C++] I'm Stumped :(

[<bis...@bt...>]

Try:

cout << "Enter your choice: ";
cin >> choice;

- Biswa.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Jay Man [mailto:ja...@ya...]
> Sent: 21 December 2000 01:14
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Dev-C++] I'm Stumped :(
> 
> 
> I have here some code for a small practice program I wrote. I 
> have been
> looking ive the code for about a week now and cannot figure out why I
> get the following error: "Project1 caused an error in PROJECT1.EXE..."
> What is wrong with the code or my computer? Here is the code:
> 
> #include <iostream.h>
> 
> float fer;
> float cel;
> float kel;
> int choice;
>    float fc()
>          {
>           float cel;
>           cel = ((fer -32)*5)/9;
>           return cel;
>          }
>    float fk()
>          {
>           float kel;
>           kel = ((fer -32)*5)/9 + 273;
>           return kel;
>          }
>    float cf()
>          {
>           float fer;
>           fer = (cel * 9)/5 + 32;
>           return fer;
>          }
>    float ck()
>          {
>           float kel;
>           kel = cel + 273;
>           return kel;
>          }
>    float kf()
>          {
>           float fer;
>           fer = (((kel - 273)-32)*5)/9;
>           return fer;
>          }
>    float kc()
>          {
>           float cel;
>           cel = 273 - cel;
>           return cel;
>          }
> int main()
> {
> 
>  cout << "1: Fahrenheight to Celsius\n";
>  cout << "2: Fahrenheight to Kelvin\n";
>  cout << "3: Celsius to Fahrenheight\n";
>  cout << "4: Celsius to Kelvin\n";
>  cout << "5: Kelvin to Fahrenheight\n";
>  cout << "6: Kelvin to Celsius\n";
>  cout << "7: Exit";
>  cin >> "Enter your choice" >> choice;
> 
>   switch (choice)
>     {
>     case 1: fc();
>             cout << fer << " degrees Fahrenheight = " << cel <<
> "Degrees                              Celsius";
>          break;
>     case 2: fk();
>             cout << fer << " degrees Fahrenheight = " << kel <<
> "Degrees                              Kelvin";
>          break;
>     case 3: cf();
>             cout << cel << " degrees Celsius = " << fer << 
> "Degrees    
>                          Fahrenheight";
>          break;
>     case 4: ck();
>             cout << cel << " degrees Celsius = " << kel << 
> "Degrees    
>                          Kelvin";
>          break;
>     case 5: kf();
>             cout << kel << " degrees Kelvin = " << fer << 
> "Degrees     
>                         Fahrenheight";
>          break;
>     case 6: kc();
>             cout << kel << " degrees  Kelvin = " << cel << 
> "Degrees    
>                          Celsius";
>          break;
>     case 7:
>          return 0;
>     default:
>             cout << "Invalid entry, exiting";
>     }
> 
> return 0;
> }
> 
> P.S. It DOES compile sucessfully and will run until "cin >> 
> "Enter your
>      choice"; Thank you for your time,
> 
> The Jay Man
> 
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